- ≡ Olea montana Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 176, t.46 (1853)
- ≡ Gymnelaea montana (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson, Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb., Fl. Ser. 2: 413 (1957)
Canopy tree up to 10 m. or more tall; trunk up to c.6 dm. diam.; branches slender, bark reddish to greyish brown; branchlets ± pubescent. Lvs on petioles 2–3 mm. long; lamina coriac., glab., somewhat glossy; midrib slightly raised above and below. Lamina of juveniles linear, acute to acuminate; of adults linear to very narrowly lanceolate, acute or occ. ones obtuse. Racemes slender, glab., 3–4 cm. long, 5–10-fld; pedicels 2–3 mm. long, slender. ♂ with calyx rather shallowly lobed, lobes ovate-triangular, acute; anthers 2, exserted; ovary rud. ♀ with 2-loculed ovary, 1 us. not developing; ovules 2 per locule; rud. stamens often present. Drupe narrow-ovoid, ± 6–9 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Olea montana Hook.f.]