Spreading shrubs, the main branches prostrate and rooting. Leaves ovate to almost round, 4-8 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, margin often toothed and bent up. Flowers in terminal heads, white; late spring to early summer. Fruit fleshy, purple.

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Fruit edible and used in preserves.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. 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.