- Taxon
- Gallery
- ≡ Drimys axillaris J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 84, t. 42 (1776)
- ≡ Wintera axillaris (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 42 (1786)
- = Wintera terminalis Tiegh. (1900)
Erect shrub or tree up to 8 m. tall, bark dark. Lvs on slender petioles ± 2 cm. long; lamina elliptic-oblong to elliptic-obovate to ovate-oblong, 6–10 × 3–6 cm., obtuse to subacute, rather coriac., dark green and glossy above, glaucous below, somewhat pungent to taste; midrib and veins evident below. Fls ± 1 cm. diam., in axillary fascicles of 3–5–(10) on pedicels 5 mm. to 1 cm. long or more; calyx subentire to shallowly lobed; petals 5–6, greenish yellow, narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate, 5–6 mm. long; stamens 6–15; carpels 3–6; frs red (rarely dark), 5–6 mm. diam., mesocarp slightly fleshy; seeds 3 to 6, black, angled.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Sep.–Dec.; Fruiting: Oct.–Jan.–Jun.