- Taxon
- Gallery
- ≡ Dicera serrata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 80 (1776)
- = Friesia racemosa A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 24 (1840)
- ≡ Aristotelia racemosa (A.Cunn.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 33 (1853)
Dioec. tree up to c. 10 m. tall; trunk c. 3 dm. diam., bark of branchlets rather light to dark red, pubescent. Lvs opp. to subopp., on slender pubescent petioles up to ± 5 cm. long. Lamina 5–12 × 4–8 cm., glabrate (pubescence long-persistent on veins below) broad-ovate, acuminate, membr.; deeply, doubly, irregularly, sharply serrate; light or dark green above, paler green or purplish below. Infl. paniculate, 6–10 cm. long; fls ∞, 4–6 mm. diam., on slender pubescent pedicels ± 5–10 mm. long. Sepals 4, ovate, ± 3 mm. long, pubescent; petals 4, 3-lobed, often deeply, c. 9 mm. long. Stamens ∞, on glandular disk, minutely pubescent. Ovary 3–4-celled, styles 3–4. Berry ± 5 × 4 mm. or sts larger, brighter or dark red or almost black. Seeds ± 8, angled.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Sep.–Dec.; Fruiting: Nov.–Jan.