Tree to 50 m tall in nature, much smaller in cultivation. Leaves in 2 ranks, more or less ovate, 3-10 cm long, leathery. Leaf stalk 3-5 mm long. Flowers small in spring. Fruit 8-10 mm long with bristly protrusions and opening by 4 valves.

Qld, NSW

Grows naturally in cool temperate rainforest to altitude c. 1550 m in SE Qld and C NSW.

NSW: Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah. VIC: Mt Macedon ('Duneira' and possibly elsewhere on the mount); Woodend (cemetery 14.5 m tall in 1994 with circumference of 3.2 m at 70 cm).

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Fagaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.