Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.

Tree up to 25 m. or more tall; trunk up to 2 m. or more diam.; branchlets 4-angled, puberulous. Lvs coriac., on stout petioles ± 2 mm. long; lamina 25-50 × 15-20 mm., elliptic-to ovate-oblong, obtuse, glab. Infl. of many-fld, terminal cymes; pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long. Receptacle obconic, up to 9 mm. long; sepals broad-triangular; petals about oblong, ± 3 mm. long; stamens ± 3 cm. long, red. Ovary adnate to receptacle; capsules oblong, 6-9 mm. long, distinctly exserted, loculicidally 3-valved.

Coastal to lower montane forest. Often found as an epiphyte, sending its roots down through the moss surrounding its host.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.