Diospyros hebecarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth.

A small tree. It grows 7-10 m high and spreads 3-6 m wide. The wood is soft and yellow. The tree has a dark compact crown. The branches are slender and greyish-green. The young shoots have short hairs. The leaves hang in a lax fashion on the tree. The leaves are simple, entire and alternate. They are oval and the tip comes to a point while the base is tapered. The leaves are dark green and dull above but lighter and more shiny underneath. The leaves are 5-9 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are 1.5-2.5 cm across and round. They are covered with short hairs. The seeds are flattened and there are about 8 seeds in a fruit.

Mixed secondary forest. Drier types of rain forest and monsoon forest at elevations up to 600 metres in Australia, where it is most common in gallery forests.

Plants are grown from seed which must be sown fresh.