Endiandra leptodendron B.Hyland

Tree to 18 m high. Stem usually buttressed. Twigs terete or fluted, eventually ± glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 7–15 mm long; lamina usually elliptic, 9.5–16 cm long, 4–7.4 cm wide, not foveolate, green and mainly glabrescent below. Inflorescence axillary, not exceeding leaves. Flowers scarcely opening with tepals erect, pale or bluish green, ± perfumed. Tepals pubescent abaxially, often glabrous adaxially: outer 0.9–1.8 mm long, 1.8–2.5 mm wide; inner 0.9–1.6 mm long, 1.3–1.9 mm wide. Anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm wide, glabrous abaxially, papillose adaxially; filaments 0.3–0.5 mm long, pubescent; valves opening outwards or sideways; glands 6. Staminodes 3, differentiated. Ovary 0.5–0.7 mm long, 0.9–1 mm wide, stipitate, glabrous; style glabrous. Fruit 18–29 mm long, 12–14 mm wide, shiny or glaucous, black. Cotyledons cream or yellow.

Grows in rainforest in soils derived from a variety of rock types; from sea level to 1000 m alt.