Bridelia leichhardtii Baill. ex Müll.Arg.

Shrub or small tree to 6 m high. Stipules linear, 1–1.5 mm long, entire. Leaves: petiole 2–5 mm long, grooved on top, same colour as lamina; lamina elliptic, oblanceolate, obovate or rarely suborbicular, up to 100 mm long and 45 mm wide, base cuneate to rounded, margin entire to weakly dentate, without distinct marginal vein, tip acute to rounded, venation comprising 10 or 11 lateral veins per side of midrib and reticulate interlaterals, lower surface with scattered indumentum mainly on veins. Sepals lanceolate, 1.5–2 mm long, 0.8–1 mm wide. Petals irregularly spathulate with the tip crenate, 0.5–0.8 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide. Disc c. 1.5 mm diam. Fruits 1 or 2 per glomerule; each fruit 2-seeded, globose, 3–7 mm long, 3–7 mm wide, red when immature, black or purple-black when fully ripe.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in coastal regions and dry rainforest. It grows in open woodland. It grows between 500-900 m above sea level.

The species rarely grows large enough to produce millable timber, but may have potential for turnery.

Plants are grown from seeds. They can also be grown from cuttings.