Tall, evergreen tree. Bark rough and dark. New growth densely hairy. Leaves mostly 1-1.5 cm long, leathery, wedge shaped at the base, elliptic-oblong, mostly rounded at the tip, grey-hairy below; vein pairs mostly 4-6. Leaf stalks 1-2 mm long. Nuts to 7 mm long.
New Zealand
Grows naturally on both islands in lowland to montane forest.
VIC: Dandenongs ('Pirianda' about 13 m tall in 1984).
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.
