Azara microphylla Hook.F.

Small tree or sometimes a large shrub, usually with densely bushy habit. Shoots densely hairy, slender. Petiole hairy, 1-4 mm long. Lamina 1-3 × 0.6-1.5 cm, elliptic to obovate, serrate on vegetative shoots, usually entire or slightly toothed on reproductive shoots, shining on both surfaces, dark green above, glabrous except for hairs on midrib above and sometimes below; veins impressed above. Stipules similar to lvs but ?-1/2 size and almost orbicular on reproductive shoots. Infl. a fascicle of few, fragrant, small fls; bracts < 1 mm long, prominently ciliate; pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Sepals c. 1 mm long, ovate, greenish, ciliate towards apex. Stamens 5, yellow, unequal with longest c. 2× calyx. Style c. 1 mm long. Berry 4-6 mm diam., subglobose, finely red-dotted on yellow and appearing orange; style persistent, acentric.

It is a warm temperate plant. It is native to Argentina and Chile. It grows in deciduous forests. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level. It is a temperate plant. It can be damaged by frost. It suits hardiness zones 8-10. Arboretum Tasmania. Hobart Botanical Gardens.

Plants can be grown from cuttings. They can also be grown from seeds. The plant produces a growth inhibitor that stops other plants growing.