Choriceras tricorne (Benth.) Airy Shaw

Shrubs to small trees, up to 7 m high, often multistemmed. Indumentum of transluscent to yellow-ferruginous, simple hairs, glabrescent unless stated otherwise. Outer bark grey to brown, rough to flaky; inner bark streaky dark pink to red; cambium furrowed; sapwood pale amber, rather hard; heartwood dark pink. Stipules subulate, 1-1.8 by c. 0.3 mm, densely pubescent. Leaves: petioles 2-7 by 0.8-1 mm, (sub)glabrous to densely pubescent; blade elliptic, 1-9 by 0.45-3.2 cm, length/width ratio 2.2-2.8, base cuneate to truncate, margin crenate to serrate with 20-40 short teeth, apex obtuse to acute, strongly discoloured, upper surface dark glossy green, glabrous or with scattered hairs on the midrib; lower surface pale green, subglabrous; venation of 6-8 nerves per side, veins reticulate, indistinct. Inflorescences up to 10 mm long. Staminate flowers 2-3 mm diam., cream-yellow; pedicels 2.6-9 mm, glabrous; sepals orbicular to elliptic, 1-1.6 by 0.7-0.9 mm, glabrous; stamens 4 or 6, filaments 1.2-2 mm long, basally sparsely to densely hairy, anthers globose, 0.4-0.6 by 0.3-0.5 mm. Pistillate flowers 2.4-4.5 mm diam.; pedicels 1.5-2 mm long, with scattered hairs; sepals ovate to elliptic, 1.5-1.8 by 1-1.3 mm, glabrous or with scattered hairs; ovary usually 3-locular, subglobose, 1-1.5 by 2-2.5 mm diam., glabrous; stigmas 1.5-2.5 mm long, strongly recurved, papillose. Fruits globose, 4-7 by 5-11 mm diam., green-grey. Seeds ovoid, 3.5-4.8 by 2.5-3 by 2-3 mm thick, smooth, pale brown.

Grows in heathland, open forest, vinethickets and vineforest, usually on sandy soils.