Codonocarpus cotinifolius

Tall shrub or pyramidal tree to 10 m, monoecious or dioecious, usually glaucous; bark smooth, pale grey-pink. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, obovate, elliptic or more or less circular (broader on young plants or juvenile growth), lamina 25–45 mm long, 5–40 mm wide, tapering to petiole of 5–15 mm long, apex obtuse or acute, sometimes abruptly acuminate; stipules minute. Male flowers in axillary racemes of up to 15; pedicels 1–2 mm long; calyx c. 1 mm long, very shortly and obtusely lobed; stamens 14–23. Female flowers in axillary racemes or terminal panicles; pedicels mostly 8–20 mm long; calyx c. 2 mm long, entire or shortly lobed; carpels 30–36; stigmas c. 0.5 mm long, finely rugose. Fruiting carpels usually 7–12 mm long; seeds obovate, c. 3.5 mm long, finely rugose. Flowers mostly autumn.