Class
Family
Genus
Evergreen glabrous shrub to c. 1 m high. Branches suberect. Lvs subsessile, 5–12 × 1.5–3.5 cm, oblanceolate or narrow-obovate, dark shining green above; base attenuate; apex subacute or acute. Fls fragrant, in very short, axillary, bracteate racemes. Bracts pale green, mostly < calyx. Calyx 7–10 mm long, green; lobes c. ⅓ length of tube, ovate. Stamens inserted near apex of tube; filaments much < anthers. Style c. 0.5 mm long. Fr. ovoid, black or nearly so.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: May–Aug.