Nestegis apetala
English: Coastal maire; Broad-leaved maire; Ironwood.
Name: from Greek stegos, meaning cover, due to lack of a corolla?
Genus: 5 species.
Region: New Zealand, Norfolk island.
Taxonomy: related to Osmanthus.
Botany
Evergreen trees, shrubs.
Leaves: opposite, simple, entire, coriaceous.
Inflorescence: axillary, decussate, sometimes terminal and somewhat paniculate.
Flowers: bisexual or functionally unisexual; corolla absent or four-lobed with a short tube; stamens 2 to 4; ovary shaped like a flask; fruit a drupe, with a single seed.