It is a shrub or little tree of 2 to 10 meters tall. It has simple leaves 3 to 8 cm long, oblong with serrated edge, coriaceous of light green color on the underside. The flowers are dioicas, where feminine flowers are single or in lax panicles, and masculine flowers in more dense and axillary panicles. Flowers from September to December and the fruit is a star-shaped capsule with 5 sections, 2 to 3 cm in diameter, containing numerous winged seeds.
The wood is very hard and is used to make farming tools and as firewood. 

Family: Rosaceae

Distribution: Hillsides with poor terrain, edges of streams between Coquimbo and Malleco. Native to Chile, it's frequently found in the central provinces. However, it's scarce in the South.