From the Chilean and Argentinian name, Quillay used for this tree.

Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, leathery, margins mostly toothed, often wavy; stipules small, soon shed. Flower clusters short, with few flowers. Flowers mostly functionally unisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5, narrowly obovate, greenish white. Stamens 10. Carpels 5, more or less free. Fruit of 5 manyseeded follicles united at the base.

4 species from temperate and subtropical S America.

Seed.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Rosaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.