''Trochocarpa gunnii'', commonly known as sweet-scented trochocarpa or fragrant purpleberry, is a common rainforest

understorey In forestry and ecology, understory (American English), or understorey (Commonwealth English), also known as underbrush or undergrowth, includes plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but abov ...

shrub from the plant family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th ...

(formerly Epacridaceae) endemic to

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Description

''Trochocarpa gunnii'' is a densely branched understorey shrub, usually growing to 2-4m tall and spreading with twisting branches. Leaves grow alternately along the branches, arranged so that the

shoot In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spri ...

appears flattened. The leaves are small (6-10mm long) and oval-elliptical to oblong shaped, with a dark green

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