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- = Coprosma myrtillifolia Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 108 (1852) var. myrtillifolia
Shrub or small tree up to c. 5 m. tall; branches divaricate, bark grey to whitish, occ. darker; branchlets densely clad in appressed hairs, at least when young. Lvs us. fascicled on slender pubescent petioles < 1 mm. long. Stipules triangular, pubescent, ciliolate. Lamina coriac., glab., oblong to obovate, obtuse, cuneately narrowed to base, (4–5)–7–12–(18) × (2)–4–6 mm. Reticulations of veins us. fairly evident below. Fls terminal on short branchlets. ♂ solitary or 2–3 together; calyx 0; corolla funnelform, lobes c. 3 mm. long, ± = tube, ovate, obtuse. ♀ solitary; calyx truncate, teeth minute; corolla-tube short, lobes c. 2 mm. long, linear, acute. Drupe dark purple or white and translucent, globose, c. 5 mm. diam.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]