Malvaceae
Whau
Entelea arborescens
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Entelea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 浮木, 浮标麻
- Dutch
- Entelea
- English
- Whau
- Māori
- Whau
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Entelea, Entela
- Persian
- درخت چوبپنبهای نیوزیلند
- Portuguese
- Entelea
- Spanish
- Entelea
Synonyms
- Apeiba australis A.Rich.
- Corchorus sloaneoides A.Cunn. ex Turcz.
- Corchorus sloanoides Sol. ex A.Cunn.
- Entelea australis (A.Rich.) Walp.
- Entelea bakeri W.Bull
- Entelea palmata Lindl.
- Entelea pubescens Sweet
- Entelea sloaneoides Turcz.
- Sparrmannia palmata Lindl.
Photos
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Whau: Entelea arborescens [維也納 Schoenbrunn Palmenhaus, Vienna]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Entelea_arborescens_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D_Schoenbrunn_Palmenhaus%2C_Vienna-_%2827367942953%29.jpg/1280px-Entelea_arborescens_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D_Schoenbrunn_Palmenhaus%2C_Vienna-_%2827367942953%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.