Myrtaceae
Pohutukawa
Metrosideros excelsa
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Metrosideros
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- متروسدرس باسق
- arz
- متروسدرس باسق
- Basque
- Burdinazko zuhaitza
- Catalan
- Pōhutukawa
- Chinese
- 高大铁心木
- Czech
- Železnec ztepilý
- Dutch
- Pohutukawa
- English
- Pohutukawa, Iron tree, New Zealand Christmas tree, Pohutukawa tree, Pōhutukawa, Pōhutukawa tree
- French
- Pohutukawa, Arbre de Noël de Nouvelle-Zélande, Pōhutukawa
- Galician
- Árbore do fogo
- German
- Pohutukawa, Pōhutukawa
- Hebrew
- ברזילי הדור
- Japanese
- メトロシデロス・エクスケルサ, ケムニンフトモモ, ニュージーランドクリスマスツリー, ポウフータカーワ, ポフツカワ, ポフトゥカワ, メテロシデーロス・エクセルサ
- Macedonian
- Похутукава
- Māori
- Pōhutukawa
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Pōhutukawa
- Persian
- درخت آهن
- Polish
- Pohutukawa
- Portuguese
- Metrosídero, Metrosidero, Árvore-de-fogo
- Russian
- Похутукава, Метросидерос войлочный
- Slovenian
- Novozelandsko božično drevo
- Spanish
- Pohutukawa
Synonyms
- Metrosideros florida var. aurata J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
- Metrosideros tomentosa A.Rich.
- Nani tomentosa Kuntze
- Nania tomentosa (A.Rich.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- November to January (from 860 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Keith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: wild_wind, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Katrina Muir, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Semnoz at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wild_wind, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William Harland, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wild_wind, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jason Leduc, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wild_wind, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: wild_wind, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Metrosideros collinaMyrtaceae
- Metrosideros albifloraMyrtaceae
- Metrosideros fulgensMyrtaceae
- Metrosideros diffusaMyrtaceae
- Metrosideros elegansMyrtaceae
- 'ohi'aMetrosideros macropusMyrtaceae
- Metrosideros operculataMyrtaceae
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). About our plant data.