Native Chilean name.

Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, entire, leathery, elliptic. Flowers solitary or in groups of 3. Calyx of 4 lobes. Petals 4. Stamens numerous. Ovary of 2 chambers with 10 or so seeds in each chamber. Fruit a fleshy berry.

4 species from Chile and Argentina.

Seed or cuttings.

Sepals and petals 4; fruit a fleshy berry.

Landrum (1986, 1988).

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.