Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Tree up to 10 m. or more tall; trunk up to 6 dm. or more diam., sts much-branched from near base; bark greyish white; branchlets brittle; wood soft, white. Lvs on slender petioles ± 2 cm. long; lamina lanceolate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 5–15 × 3–5 cm., submembr., coarsely and obtusely serrate (sts obscurely toothed); apex acute to acuminate or obtuse (all forms may be found on same plant). Infl. of 2–10 fasicled fls on slender pedicels 5–10 mm. long; fascicles axillary or on branchlets below lvs. Fls 3–4 mm. diam.; bracts just below fls; calyx lobes minute; petals greenish yellow, obtuse. Anthers sessile, connective not produced, scale minute; stigma 4–6-lobed. Berry violet to dark blue or purplish, 4–5 mm. long, obovoid to subglobose; seeds 3–6.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Mar.