Cryptocarya oblata F.M.Bailey

Tree to 35 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs angular, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 7–14 mm long; lamina lanceolate to elliptic, 7.5–14 cm long, 2.9–5.7 cm wide, penniveined, green and glabrous below. Inflorescence not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, ± perfumed. Perianth tube 0.3–0.7 mm long, 1.4–2.2 mm wide, usually pubescent. Tepals 1.5–2 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide, pubescent. Outer anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, pubescent; filaments 0.3–0.6 mm long. Inner anthers 0.7–0.9 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, acute, pubescent; filaments 0.4–0.7 mm long. Ovary 0.6–1.1 mm long, 0.6–0.8 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit laterally compressed, 29–38 mm long, 32–47 mm wide (longer axis), 25–38 mm wide (shorter axis), red to orange. Cotyledons white or cream.

Well-developed rain forests, growing in soils derived from a variety of rock types; at elevations from sea level to 1,150 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.