Mostly large, evergreen tree. New growth hairy. Leaves thick and leathery, mostly 0.5-1.5 cm long, hairless except in the vein axils below, more or less ovate, margins toothed, each tooth doubly rounded, venation rather indistinct; there are unusual small hairy pockets on the undersurface near the leaf stalk. Leaf stalks 2-3 mm long. Fruit 6-7 mm long.
New Zealand
Grows naturally in lowland or montane forest or as a shrub in subalpine scrub.
Easily confused with N. cunninghamii but the teeth are often double and the leaf hairy below near the point of attachment of the leaf stalk.
NSW: Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. VIC: Dandenongs ('Pirianda' c. 17 m in 1984); Emerald (Nobelius Heritage Park c. 10 m in 1983).
Source: (1997). Fagaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
