Psidium cattleyanum Sabine

Large shrub or small tree to 6 m high. Trunk smooth, pale brown. Shoots terete or subterete, puberulent when young. Petioles 7–10 mm long, puberulent. Lamina 4–8 × 2.5–4.5 cm, obovate, ciliolate toward base of margins and midrib, at least when young, otherwise glabrous, dotted with glands beneath, glossy and dark green above; lateral veins fairly conspicuous in dried material but not impressed or markedly raised; base cuneate, often narrowly so; apex usually obtuse, sometimes rounded. Fls solitary, often produced in nearly all axils of upper lvs; pedicels 7–10 mm long, puberulent, jointed near apex with very small, caducous, ovate bracteoles. Hypanthium and calyx limb glandular-punctate; lobes usually 5, 3–4 mm long. Petals c. 5 mm long, elliptic, white, ± glandular-punctate. Stamens > petals. Style c. 4 mm long, stout. Fr. ± globose, c. 2 cm diam., becoming dark purple, occasionally yellow; flesh usually purple, occasionally whitish, sweet. Seeds numerous.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Psidium cattleianum Sabine]

Flowering: Jun.–Mar.