Mostly shrubby, to 4 m or more tall. Young shoots grey hairy. Leaves narrowly elliptic to obovate, 5-10 cm long, leathery, toothed (except at the base), hairy on veins below, tip pointed. Flowers solitary, about 2 cm long, lantern-like, fleshy, grooved, toothed at the mouth, carmine (a white cul­tivar is known); stalks 5-8 cm or more long, carmine; early summer.

Chile

VIC: Dandenongs (Alfred Nicholas Memorial Garden); Mt Macedon ('Forest Glades').

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Elaeocarpaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.