Flora of New Zealand Series

Plants polygamous or dioec., us. in umbels scattered racemosely along the branches of a panicle. Calyx-teeth minute or obsolete; petals 5 or more, valvate; stamens same number as petals. Disk large, undulate-margined, ovary 5- or more-loculed; style-branches same number as locules, connate below. Fr. fleshy, seeds one per locule. Shrubs or small trees. About 150 tropical and subtropical spp. The N.Z. sp., type of the genus, is endemic.