Shrub or small tree. Leaves swollen at junction of stalk and blade; margins regularly toothed; domatia present; hairs absent. Flowers with petals fringed, white or pink; late spring to early summer. Fruit blue.

Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Grows naturally in gullies or near water, mostly in rainforest.

VIC: Colac (Colac Botanic Gardens); Melbourne (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens), Australian Border).

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.