Amomyrtus (Burret) D. Legrand & Kausel

The two species of Amomyrtus are endemic to the wet temperate forests of south-central Chile and bordering Argentina. They are aromatic trees or shrubs with smooth or scaly bark. The evergreen leaves are opposite, leathery, petiolate and typically lanceolate or ovate. The flowers are solitary or on short shoots with up to six flowers. They are hermaphrodite and 5-merous; bracteoles caducous; calyx lobes persistent; petals white; stamens whitish, 30–80. The fruit is a berry containing one to four hard seeds, each shaped like a flattened snail shell (Landrum & Salywon 2004).