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Corynocarpus (From koryne a club and karpos)

(from koryne, a club, and karpos, a fruit; in reference to the shape of the fruit). ORD. Anacardiaceoe. A greenhouse evergreen shrub. For culture, see Ardisia.

C. laevigatus (smooth). fl. white, disposed in large, terminal panicles. fr. plum-like; when fully ripe, the drupaceous coat is eaten by natives, as are also the kernels after the poisonous property they are said to possess is dissipated by steaming or maceration in salt water. l. alternate, stalked, obovate, wedge-shaped, sub-emarginate, quite entire, glabrous. h. 20ft. New Zealand, 1823. (B. M. 4379.)