Prumnopitys ladei (F.M.Bailey) De Laub.

Tree to 25 m tall. Bark smooth, reddish brown, shed in thin scales. Leaves sessile, spirally arranged but secondarily distichous, oblong, 12-16 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, obtuse, green, with stomata on both surfaces. Male cones not seen. Female cones reduced to a single scale subtending a seed and not expanding at maturity. Seeds ellipsoidal, to 25 mm long, 15 mm diam., purplish black at maturity, pruinose.

Well-developed mountain rainforests, growing in granite-derived soils; at elevations from 1,000-1,200 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.