Beilschmiedia brunnea B.Hyland

Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete or angular, eventually glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 13–26 mm long; lamina ovate to elliptic, 7–12.5 cm long, 2.5–7 cm wide, slightly glaucous below, eventually ± glabrescent. Inflorescence c. same length as leaves. Flowers opening quite widely with tepals becoming almost horizontal, green-pale brown, perfumed. Tepals densely pubescent; outer 2.4–3 mm long, 1.5–1.7 mm wide; inner 2.6–3.2 mm long, 1.4–1.7 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.8–1.3 mm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, pubescent abaxially; filaments 1–1.4 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–1.1 mm long, 0.6–0.7 mm wide, pubescent adaxially; filaments 1–1.7 mm long; glands present. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary sessile or shortly stalked, 0.5–1 mm long, 0.7–0.8 mm wide, usually hairy; style usually hairy. Fruits ellipsoidal, globular, 20–22 mm long, 17 mm wide, black. Cotyledons yellowish cream.

Well-developed rain forests, in soils derived from granite and basalt; at elevations from 500-1,100 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.