Small glabrous twiner; stems filiform, 0.3–0.8 mm thick, green, yellow or reddish; haustoria usually less than 1 mm long. Leaves triangular-ovate, c. 0.4 mm long, c. 0.3 mm wide, yellow-green. Inflorescence a single or paired 2–10-flowered umbellate cluster; peduncle 5–10 mm long. Flowers ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm diam., sessile; sepals ovate, 0.5–1 mm long, scarious, margin white; petals ovate, 1–2 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, white. Fruit 4–6 mm long, glabrous, green, yellow or reddish.
4 forms, the 2 occurring in Victoria indistinguishable in the absence of mature fruit.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Lauraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 26–30. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
