Dodonaea platyptera F.Muell.

Dioecious erect shrub or small tree to 6 m high, rarely to 10 m. Leaves simple, elliptic, acute, rarely retuse or obtuse, entire, attenuate at base; lamina 3.5–8.8 cm long, 1–3.3 cm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on margin and midrib; petiole 6–12 mm long. Flowers in axillary few-flowered cymes or terminal panicles; pedicels 7.5–10 mm long. Sepals 4, oblong, 2.3–2.7 mm long, caducous. Stamens 8. Ovary pubescent. Capsule 3-or 4-winged, depressed-obovate in lateral view, 7–15 mm long, 20–30 mm wide, glabrous; wings 8–11.5 mm wide, coriaceous or sometimes membranous; dehiscence septicidal.

Grows in coastal sites associated with dunes, often on the edge of rainforest or in monsoon scrub and further inland in low open forest or semi-deciduous vine thickets in sandy soils.