I love the native pepper tree – kawakawa [Macropiper excelsum]. The heart shaped leaves are a welcome sight in our garden. The leaves are usually hole punched by the green Kawakawa Looper moth [Cleora scriptaria] caterpillars. The leaves can be used for healing purposes and, rather than being a disadvantage, the leaves with the most holes are considered the best with the strongest concentrations of active ingredients.
Apart from the fresh fragrance from the crushed leaves, I like to drink tea made from kawakawa with lemongrass and ginger. I use kawakawa infused oil in my massage work. Kawakawa is a depurative – it helps remove metabolic waste products from the body, and reduce inflammation.
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