Endiandra wolfei B.Hyland

Hyland, B.P.M. (1989) Australian Systematic Botany 2: 250. Type: B. Gray 325: State Forest Reserve 1073, Black Mountain Road, 23.ii.1977 (QRS, holotypus).

Blaze odour aromatic or resembling that of guava (Psidium guajava).

Twigs angular or fluted, clothed in tortuous, erect, white or pale brown hairs. Leaf blades about 6.5-12.5 x 2-5 cm, white or glaucous on the underside, clothed in tortuous, erect, pale brown hairs. Midrib depressed on the upper surface. Petioles flat on the upper surface. Oil dots visible with a lens.

Flowers opening quite widely but with the tepals pointing upwards at anthesis. Tepals about 1.8-3 mm long. Staminal glands fused to form a disk or continuous ring of tissue around the ovary. Staminodes absent or not distinct from the disk.

Fruits ellipsoid, about 20-24 x 10-13 mm. Seed about 17-21 x 9-11 mm. Cotyledons pink.

First pair of leaves ovate or lanceolate, about 40-60 x 18-30 mm, glaucous on the underside. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves hairy on the upper surface especially along the midrib and main lateral veins, glaucous on the underside; oil dots small, numerous, visible with a lens. Seed germination time 28 to 61 days.

Endemic to Queensland, occurs in NEQ and CEQ. Altitudinal range from sea level to 1100 m. Grows in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites.

This species has no commercial value as it does not grow large enough to produce millable logs. Wood specific gravity 0.96-1.04. Hyland (1989).