Where found:

• Lowland forest, only natural on Waitaanga Plateau in Taranaki

• Tall tree with spreading branches, often growing in layers, trunk up to 2m diameter, in the open grows as a large dome shaped tree with lower branches growing towards the ground
  
• Small, green, alternate, toothed leaves that are leathery, thick and rigid (6-15 mm x 5-15 mm), the new leaves are often yellowish with orange-red margins
  
• Branchlets are round and covered in brownish hairs
  
• Flowering irregular from year to year, usually during November, December and January, small pinkish green flowers, 1-4 per stalk along the branchlets
  
• The fruit is a nut inside a capsule
  
• Silvery white bark on young trees, bark furrowed, grey-white, large flakes and thick on older trees, often heavily coated with mosses and lichens
  
• Red coloured wood

  Planting for timber
  

• Rotation: 80 -100 years.
  
• Wood properties: durable heartwood, can be difficult to dry, often varies in colour.
  
• Used for boatbuilding, furniture, panelling, restoration and wood carving.