Endiandra hypotephra F.Muell.

Tree to 30 m high. Stem buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, tomentose. Leaves: petiole 5–16 mm long; lamina lanceolate, 3.5–14 cm long, 2.5–5.5 cm wide, not foveolate, glaucous and pubescent below. Inflorescence racemose or paniculate, usually axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers opening widely with tepals remaining ± erect, usually pinkish red, without perfume. Tepals pubescent abaxially, glabrous adaxially: outer 4.3–6 mm long, 3.7–5.7 mm wide; inner 3.5–4.4 mm long, 3.1–4.7 mm wide. Anthers 0.7–1 mm long, 0.7–1.2 mm wide, glabrous; filaments 0.2–0.5 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands and staminodes fused forming disc. Ovary sometimes stalked, 1.4–2.2 mm long, 1.4–2 mm wide, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit ellipsoidal, 20–28 mm long, 12–16 mm wide, blackish blue. Cotyledons pinkish red to purplish.

An understorey tree in well-developed rain forests, in soils derived from a variety of rock types; at elevations from sea level to 650 metres, but usually more common at the lower elevations.

Can be grown by seedlings.