Description
Unarmed shrub to c. 4 m.
Branchlets regular, glabrous.
Inflorescence consisting of heads of 25-35 flowers in axillary glabrous racemes.
Flowers pentamerous, bisexual.
Seeds longitudinal, 3.5 by 2.3 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Australasia: New South Wales (New South Wales present), S Queensland present, mountains of W Java cultivated
Australia (S Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania). In Malesia sometimes planted in the mountains of W Java as an ornamental.
Citation
Benth. 1864 – In: Fl. Austral.: 375
Pedley 1979 – In: Austrobaileya: 277
Bailey 1900 – In: Qld. Fl.: 493
Hook. 1838: Ic. Pl.: t. 170
G. Don 1875 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc.: 474
Backer & Bakh. f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 559
