Where found:

• Lowland to lower montane forests
  
• Up to 2750 metres
  

• Shrub or small tree, branching and upright form
  
• Dark green leaves (6-10cm x 3-6cm) with glossy surfaces which have pin like glands, the leaves taste spicy/peppery
  
• Flowers (1cm diameter) are greenish yellow with five petals, growing in groups of 3-10 off the branchlets, they have a faint aroma
  
• Small red fruit (5-6mm) with 3-6 black seeds
  
• Red bark and dark red wood
  
• Used by Maori for medical properties, often for stomach ache and toothache