Berries and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Brindabella Range, ACT

Berries and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Brindabella Range, ACT

Male flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Brindabella Range, ACT

Male flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Brindabella Range, ACT

Male flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Brindabella Range, ACT

Common Name

Coffee-berry

Family

Rubiaceae

Notes

Shrub to 2m tall. Leaves opposite each other, with sheathing stipules, mostly 1.2-5cm long, 10-25mm wide, hairless or the upper surface and margins rough, tips with a small point. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers bell-shaped, with 4-6 lobes, cream to pinkish, at the bases of the leaves or the tops of the stems, male flowers in dense clusters, female flowers in groups of 3. Ripe fruit red.

Native to the ranges and western slopes, well east of the area covered by this key.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Coprosma~hirtella