Coprosma foetidissima J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Shrub or tree up to 3-(6) m. tall, us. open-branched. Branches rather brittle, bark dark brown; branchlets glab. Lvs foetid when bruised, on slender narrowly winged petioles ± 8-15 mm. long. Stipules truncate, but produced into a us. conspicuous long denticle (subsidiary denticles may be present); ciliolate, with tufts of unequal hairs at tips. Lamina membr. to subcoriac., obovate to oblong to broadly ovate (several forms may be on one plant), obtuse, ± apiculate to mucronulate, (20)-30-50 × (10)-14-20 mm. Reticulations of veins evident, at least below. Fls solitary, terminal on branchlets. ♂ without calyx; corolla c. 10 mm. long, subcampanulate, lobes 5-7, acute, ± = tube; stamens us. 5-7. ♀ with minute calyx-teeth; corolla tubular, slightly flaring, lobes 4-5, short, subacute. Drupe pale to full orange, oblong, 7-10 mm. long.

It is a temperate plant. In New Zealand it grows along the edges of forests and in scrubland from sea level to 1360 m altitude.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.