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Young stems moderately thick (2.5–3.5 mm), light brown, moderately densely covered in short, appressed hairs, internodes 1–4 mm, node buttresses lunate, not prominent on leafless stems. Older stems brown, thick (to 5 mm). Leaves elliptic to ovate, medium green, flat to slightly keeled, sometimes red-margined. Abaxial hairs dull white, short, varying from very sparse to a continuous but only moderately dense cover, sometimes tufted at the tip. Fruits red.
[Reproduced from Burrows (2011, New Zealand J. Bot. 49: 41–106) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]