Cryptocarya smaragdina B.Hyland

Tree to 25 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs fluted, pubescent. Leaves: petiole 5–10 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 5–8.5 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, penniveined, tending tripliveined, glaucous, sericeous. Inflorescence a panicle, almost racemose, not exceeding leaves. Flowers creamy green, unpleasantly perfumed. Perianth tube 1.2–1.5 mm long, 1.5–1.6 mm wide, inner surface pubescent. Tepals pubescent: outer 1.5–2 mm long, 0.9–1.2 mm wide; inner 1.5–2.3 mm long, 0.9–1.3 mm wide. Outer anthers 0.7–0.8 mm long, c. 0.6 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm long. Inner anthers 0.8–0.9 mm long, 0.4–0.5 mm wide, pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially; filaments 0.5–0.9 mm long. Ovary 1–1.4 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide, pubescent; style pubescent. Fruit globular, 9–11.5 mm long, 10–11 mm wide, black. Cotyledons creamy white.

Grows in rainforests in a variety of soil types but most frequently found in mountain rainforests in soils derived from granite or acid volcanic rocks; from 50–1150 m alt.