Greek trochos—wheel, karpos — fruit; referring to the spoke-like cells of the fruit.

Shrubs to small trees. Branchlets hairy or not. Leaves alternate or in false whorls at the ends of the branches with several longitudinal veins, shortly stalked. Flowers in terminal and exillary spikes. Floral tube cylindrical or bell-shaped, hairs absent or directed down the throat; lobes shorter than tube. Stamens attached at the mouth. Ovary with 8-11 chambers with 1 ovule in each. Fruit a pulpy drupe.

A rainforest plant that needs shade and generally grown in warmer areas.

Cuttings.

Large elliptic leaves to 7 cm long; petals overlapping at the tips in bud; fruit a pulpy drupe.

Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas, Malesia (6 Australian species ).

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Epacridaceae. 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.