Flora of New Zealand Series

Infl. of axillary or terminal cymes or panicles. Calyx 5-toothed, corolla-tube short, lobes 5, obliquely 2-lipped. Stamens 4, us. exserted; ovary 2-4-loculed; ovules 1-2 per locule; style filiform, 2-branched. Drupe ± obovoid, succulent, with bony endocarp. Widespread genus with some 100 spp.; the N.Z. sp. endemic.