Class
Family
Rather slender liane up to 15 m. or more tall; branchlets terete, ± setose. Lvs subsessile, close-set; lamina broad-ovate to broad-oblong to suborbicular on same plant, coriac., obtuse, ± 6–12 × 5–9 mm., glab. above, pale below and ± setose; margins recurved. Infl. of axillary few-fld cymes, crowded towards apex of branchlets; peduncles and pedicels pubescent to setose. Receptacle broad-turbinate; sepals broad, obtuse; petals suborbicular, white or pink; stamens 8–10 mm. long, white to pink. Ovary adnate to receptacle. Capsule subglobose, 4–5 mm. diam., exserted, loculicidally 3-valved.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Jan.–Mar.; Fruiting: Feb.–Jul.