- Taxon
- Gallery
- ≡ Suttonia australis A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 349, t. 38 (1832)
- ≡ Rapanea australis (A.Rich.) W.R.B. Oliver in Oliver, Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 4: 112 (1951)
- = Myrsine urvillei A.DC., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 105 (1834)
Shrub or tree up to ± 6 m. tall; bark dark, red on younger branches and on branchlets. Lvs on rather stout petioles up to ± 5 mm. long. Lamina ± 3–6 × 1·5–2.5 cm., coriac., glab. except on midvein, oblong to obovate-oblong to broad-elliptic, obtuse; margins us. strongly undulate, flat or nearly so in some forms. Infl. of ± crowded fascicles. Fls. c. 1·5–2.5 mm. diam., whitish, unisexual, on short pedicels. Calyx-lobes 4 or obsolete, persistent. Petals 4, free, revolute; ♂ with 4 stamens, anthers large, ovary vestigial; ♀ with sterile anthers; stigma ± sessile, fimbriate. Fr. c. 2–3 mm. diam., dark brown to black when mature.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Jan.–Apr.; Fruiting: Oct.–Feb.