Quintinia acutifolia Kirk

Tree up to 12 m. tall; trunk up to 5 dm. or more diam. Lvs 6–16 × 3–5 cm., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina broadly elliptic-obovate to obovate-cuneate, slightly waved or flat, distantly rather obscurely serrate, not blotched, obtuse to acute. Racemes 4–7 cm. long, pedicels c. 3 mm. long; petals 3–3·5 mm. long, narrow ovate- to obovate-oblong; capsules 4–6 mm. long, including style, obovoid or oblong in outline.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

Flowering: Oct.–Nov.; Fruiting: Dec.–Jan.