[1] Aristotelia peduncularis is a straggly woody monoecious shrub with slender arching branches reaching up to 1.5 metres in height.

[3] Leaves vary in size from 2 to 7 centimetres and are generally ovate to lanceolate with toothed margins, though they may occasionally be deeply lobed.

[4] Flowers occur in summer and are hermaphroditic, white and campanulate, held singly (or sometimes in a group of 2-3) from long peduncles at axils.

[3] The fruit is a fleshy, roughly heart-shaped berry, ranging in colour from deep purple-black through to red, pink and white.

[5] It can be found in relative abundance in the understorey of wet forests where conditions are consistently moist and shady,[2][3] often on mountain slopes and in fern gullies (60-600m)[5]