- ≡ Caldcluvia rosifolia (A.Cunn.) Hoogland, Blumea 25: 489 (1979)
Flowering as a shrub, becoming a tree up to 12 m. tall; trunk up to 6 dm. diam.; branchlets, petioles, young lvs and panicle-branches covered with short brownish hairs. Lvs imparipinnate; lflts sharply serrate, subsessile. Lvs of juveniles submembr., up to 25 cm. long, 6–10-jugate; terminal lflt 3–6 cm. long, including petiolule, 1·5–3 cm. wide, ovate-elliptic; lateral lflts elliptic-oblong, diminishing downwards from 4–3 cm. to 1 cm. long. Lvs of adults subcoriac., 3–5-jugate; terminal lflt obovate-cuneate, acute, 4–7 cm. wide; lateral diminishing downwards from 4 cm. to 1 cm. long, elliptic-oblong; stipules foliaceous. Panicles much-branched, up to 15 cm. long; fls ∞, c. 3 mm. across. Sepals ovate, c. 1 mm. long; petals narrow, c. 1·5 mm. long, stamens exserted, styles c. 1 mm. long. Capsules ovoid, pilose, c. 3–4 mm. long, bearing persistent sepals and styles.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Aug.–Nov.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.