Class
Family
Genus
Shrub or tree up to c. 6 m. tall, openly to compactly branched; branchlets glab., 4-angled. Lvs on glab. petioles up to ± 4 mm. long; lamina: (a) ± 15–20 × 10–15 mm., of obovate-oblong order; (b) 6–15 × 4–10 mm., of obovate order-the forms with the larger lvs us. tall. Fls axillary, solitary, c. 6–7 mm. diam., on very slender, glab., peduncles up to c. 15 mm. long. Receptacle subturbinate, ± 3–4 mm. long, us. with 2 minute bracts at base; sepals bluntly triangular, membr.; petals ovate-oblong, white, ± 4–5 mm. long. Berry c. 6 mm. long, broad-ovoid, red or yellow; seeds 2–5.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Dec.–Apr.; Fruiting: Feb.–May.