Endiandra phaeocarpa

Endiandra phaeocarpa is a large rainforest tree that can reach up to 30 m (98 ft) tall with a trunk up 60 cm (24 in) diameter. Larger trees may produce buttresses. The young twigs are fluted and finely hairy when young. Leaves are glossy green and are generally about 13 cm (5.1 in) long and 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. The midrib is flush with or sunken in the upper surface and there are between 6 and 10 pairs of secondary veins branching from it. The petiole averages about 1.6 cm (0.63 in) long and domatia are absent. Inflorescences emerge from the leaf axils or from the twigs beneath the leaves. The cream or yellowish flowers are lightly scented. They have six tepals in two whorls, each about 1 mm (0.04 in) long. The fruit is a brown drupe with a felt-like surface, measuring up to 9 cm (3.5 in) long and 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. It contains a single brown seed up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long and 4 cm (1.6 in) wide.

It occurs in upland rainforest between 600 and 1,100 m (2,000 and 3,600 ft) above sea level, and is restricted to the area from Cape Tribulation to Mount Lewis National Park. It grows on soils derived from granite.