Editing Alectryon excelsus (section)

{{Short description|Species of plant endemic to New Zealand}}
{{Redirect|Tītoki|the town in New Zealand's Northland region|Titoki, New Zealand}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Tītoki
| image = A mature Alectryon excelsus tree in Tangoio, New Zealand (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = A mature tītoki tree near [[Tangoio]]
| genus = Alectryon
| species = excelsus
| authority = [[Joseph Gaertner|Gaertn.]]
}}
[[File:Alectryon excelsus 1.jpg|thumb|''Alectryon excelsus'' – New Zealand native tree, grows up to 12–20 m in height. Tītoki is Māori name, sometimes called New Zealand oak. You can see the ripe fruits, the capsule splits open, revealing a black seed and flashy red aril – food for kererū and other native birds.]]
[[File:CHR 166484.jpg|thumb|''Alectryon excelsus'' leaves and bark. Taken from the bush remnants on the west side of Banks Peninsula.]]
'''''Alectryon excelsus''''', commonly known as '''tītoki''',<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last=Lehnebach |first=Carlos A. |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124332398 |title=Flora: Celebrating our Botanical World |last2=Regnault |first2=Claire |last3=Rice |first3=Rebecca |last4=Awa |first4=Isaac Te |last5=Yates |first5=Rachel A. |date=2023-11-01 |publisher=Te Papa Press |isbn=978-1-9911509-1-2 |pages=48 |language=English}}</ref> or sometimes '''New Zealand oak''', is a shiny-leaved [[tree]] native to [[New Zealand]]. It is in the family [[Sapindaceae]]. It lives in coastal and lowland [[forest]]s throughout most of the [[North Island]] and from [[Banks Peninsula]] to central [[Westland District|Westland]] in the [[South Island]].