Editing Vitex lucens (section)

==History==
Pūriri was first collected (by Europeans) at [[Tolaga Bay]] by [[Joseph Banks|Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander|Solander]] during Cook's first visit in 1769. The plant was described by Solander in his manuscript "Primitae Florae Novae Zelandiae" under the name "''Ephielis pentaphylla." A drawing was also produced as part of this manuscript.''<ref name=":0">Cheeseman (1914) Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora. Vol 2.</ref> The next botanist to notice pūriri, [[Allan Cunningham (botanist)|Allan Cunningham]], did not do so until 1826 when he observed it on "the rocky shores of [[Bay of Islands]], growing frequently within the range of salt water." Cunningham named it ''Vitex littoralis'', correctly assigning it to the genus ''Vitex'' but overlooking that "littoralis" had been used for a Malayan species four years earlier. [[Thomas Kirk (botanist)|Thomas Kirk]] proposed ''V. lucens'' in 1897 after attention had been drawn to the fact that ''V. littoralis'' was taken.<ref name=":1">A.C. Dijkgraaf (1994) Propagation and timber plantation potential of puriri (Vitex lucens). MSc thesis, [[University of Auckland]].</ref><ref name=":0" />

The Māori name of this tree is {{lang|mi|pūriri}} or sometimes {{lang|mi|kauere}}.<ref name=":2">G.C. Jackson (1965) Native for your garden.</ref> 'New Zealand mahogany' and 'New Zealand teak' occur in older printed sources, especially in reference to the timber.