Helicia albiflora Sleumer

Tree c. 12 m; young branchlets densely dark rufous-appressed-tomentulose, glabrescent. Leaves oblong, broadly obtusely attenuate at the apex, broadly attenuate to nearly rounded at the base, somewhat decurrent in the uppermost part of the petiole, olivaceous-brown or dark-brown when dry, shining above, paler brown and rather dull beneath, very young ones rufous-pubescent underneath, mature ones glabrous or nearly so, entire, (12-) 15-17 by 5.5-7(-8) cm; midrib slightly prominent above, more distinctly so beneath, nerves 8-9 pairs, somewhat raised above, rather prominent beneath, curved upwards and ± distinctly inarching near the edge, reticulations dense, slightly, but well visibly elevated on both faces; petiole 1.5-2 cm, ± densely appressed-pilose, tardily glabrescent. Racemes ramiflorous, 10-12 cm, rather densely, shortly, appressed-rufous-pilose on rhachis and pedicels; rhachis 2-2.5 mm diam. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 1-1.5 mm. Pedicels rather robust, mostly in pairs and connate at the base, c. 3 mm. Perianth white, laxly, longish, appressed-rufous hairy, 25 mm, tube 0.8 mm diam., limb 2 mm diam. Anthers 2.5 mm. Disk glands subquadrangular, short, connate in a crenulate cup. Ovary glabrous; style stoutish. Fruit unknown.

A subcanopy to canopy tree in lowland rain forests, also in Castanopsis-Nothofagus woods at elevations from 900-2,050 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.