What is "aristotelia serrata"

makomako \makomako\ n. A graceful deciduous shrub or small tree ( Aristotelia serrata) having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine.

Syn: New Zealand wine berry, wineberry, Aristotelia serrata, Aristotelia racemosa.

Aristotelia serrata, commonly known as wineberry or in the Maori language makomako or just mako it is a phanerogams tree of Elaeocarpaceae in the genus Aristotelia, found in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand.