Gossia
Gossia is a genus of rainforest trees in the myrtle family first described as a genus in 2003 by Neil Snow and Gordon Guymer. It is native to northeastern Australia as well as several islands of Papuasia and New Caledonia.
Description
Species of Gossia are shrubs or trees to about, and may be single- or multi-stemmed. Stipules are scale- or hair-like, the leaves are leathery and opposite or sub-opposite, and they have pinnate venation.The inflorescences are produced at the end of the branchlets or in the, and may be solitary, paired or clustered, and they may bear single flowers or multiple flowers in racemes or panicles.
The flowers usually have four or five partially fused, green sepals which are often persistent at the apex of the fruit. There are four or five white or yellowish concave petals and numerous stamens. The styles are straight, the stigmas are terete and only slightly wider than the style. The ovary has two locules with up to 30 ovules per placenta.
The fruits are, in botanical terms, berries which range in colour from orange to red to, most commonly, dark purple or black. They contain up to 10 seeds.