Beilschmiedia tawa, the Tawa, is a New Zealand broadleaf tree common in the central parts of the country. Tawa is often the dominant canopy tree species in lowland forests in the North Island and the north east of the South Island, but will also often form the subcanopy in primary forests throughout the country in these areas, beneath podocarps such as Kahikatea, Mataī, Miro and Rimu. Trunks can grow up to 1.2m in diameter, and they have smooth dark bark. H 30m
