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Habitat—Chiefly in littoral and riverine rainforest, rare.

Distribution— Monoecious tree to 20 m high, almost deciduous in early spring.

Description— North from Broken Head in Northern New South Wales and into Queensland.

Local occurrences—

Leaves.—Simple, alternate to pseudo-whorls, entire, ovate to oblong, mostly 5 to 15 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, base truncate to cordate, margins entire, juveniles sometimes shallowly lobed, glabrous above, sparsely stellate–hairy below; petiole 2 to 7 cm long.

Inflorescence.—In racemes, unisexual. Calyx 5 to 10 mm long, cream.

Flowering.—Summer

Fruit.—Follicles 5 to 8 cm long, green to brown without, glabrous and orange within; seeds 2 to 8, c. 10 mm long, black, smooth.

Ripe.—Winter