Scientific Name: Pseudopanax gunnii Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: forest fernbush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Araliaceae

Form Description: Sparsely branched shrub with slender branches covered by coarse hairs. Stalked leaves divided into 3-7 leaflets, 2-8cm long.

Height (m): 0.5 – 1.5

Flowers: Numerous small flowers with 5 greenish-white petals.

Fruit: Berries or drupes – succulent, purplish-black, about 5mm long and 8mm wide. 2 seeds per fruit, enclosed in the hard inner layer of the fruit wall.