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Much branched tree up to c. 6 m. tall; glab. or nearly so, except for ± dense stellate indumentum on young parts and infl. Lvs on petioles up to 10 mm. long; lamina of lvs of young plants 1–5 × 1–3 cm., sub-coriac., broad-ovate to suborbicular, obtuse to acute, serrate-dentate; lamina of lvs of adults 5–8 × 2–4 cm., coriac., ovate to broad-ovate, acute to acuminate, deeply serrate-dentate. Fls ± 2 cm. diam., solitary or in 3–5-fld cymose fascicles, on pedicels up to 4 cm. long. Carpels 5–8, broadly winged.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Hoheria sexstylosa var. ovata]