Flora of New Zealand Series

Trichilia spectabilis Forst. f. Prodr. 1786, 33.

Hartighsea spectabilis Juss. in Mém. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris 19, 1830, 228.

Type locality: Queen Charlotte Sound. Type: P, Forst. f.

Tree up to c. 15 m. tall; trunk up to ± 1 m. diam.; branches stout, bark pale. Lvs imparipinnate, alt., on petioles up to 4 cm. long, pulvinate at base; lflt-pairs us. 4, opp. or subopp., on pulvinate petiolules up to ± 1·5 cm. long. Lamina (5)-7-15-(20) × (2)-3-4-(8) cm., somewhat obliquely ovate- to obovate-oblong, coriac., abruptly bluntly pointed, undulate. Lateral veins at wide angle, prominent. Infl. us. cauliflorous; fls up to ± 3 cm. diam., in drooping panicles up to ± 4 dm. long; pedicels short. Calyx divided to base; lobes broad-oblong, abruptly pointed, ciliate. Petals linear, spreading, waxy white, up to 10 mm. or more long. Staminal column cylindric, fleshy, toothed; anthers subsessile. Style ± silky-hairy; stigma discoid, slightly exserted, surrounded by thin concentric cup. Capsule broad-obovoid to subglobose, 3-4-celled, ± 25 mm. long,. on thickened pedicel. Seeds 2 per cell; aril orange to scarlet.

DIST.: N., S. Coastal to lowland forest from near North Cape to lat. 41° 30' on east. Kohekohe.

FL. 3-6. FT. 4-8.