Beilschmiedia bancroftii C.T.White

Tree to 30 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete or angular, pubescent when young, glabrous when older. Leaves: petiole 5–16 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 7–15.5 cm long, 2–3 cm wide, green or ± glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence ± exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals reflexed, green to greenish brown, perfumed. Tepals pubescent: outer 2.1–2.8 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide; inner 2.3–3.5 mm long, 1.2–1.7 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.6–0.9 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 1–1.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.6–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 1.2–2.1 mm long; glands present. Staminodes 3, undifferentiated. Ovary stalked, 0.9–1.1 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit globular, 65–75 mm long, 50–60 mm wide, green to brownish orange. Cotyledons cream.

A tropical plant. It suits tropical and subtropical locations. It grows in the wet tropics. It grows naturally in rainforest in Queensland, Australia. It grows from sea level to 1300 m altitude.

The seed was eaten after thorough and prolonged processing. This includes baking between wet leaves then peeling, grinding, cooking in the coals, then washing in running water.

It can be grown from seed. Seed needs to be sown fresh.