Endiandra cowleyana, commonly known as northern rose walnut, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1892. It has a conservation status of least concern.
Description Endiandra cowleyana is a tree that may grow to about in height and diameter. The trunk is often buttressed and the bark is nondescript. The leaves are generally about long and wide and have 3–8 pairs of lateral veins. The upperside is green, the underside is sometimes ; there are conspicuous in the junctions of the lateral veins with the mid vein.
The inflorescence is a panicle emerging from the . Flowers are yellow to creamy green and they may be faintly scented; they have six tepals up to long. The fruit is an ellipsoid drupe, yellow green to orange, about long and wide. It contains a single brown seed about long and wide.
Distribution It occurs mainly within coastal and sub-coastal areas of Queensland from about Cooktown to Townsville. There are also outlying populations to the north near Coen and to the south near Proserpine and Mackay. It grows in mature rainforest at altitudes up to .
Ecology The tree produces a general purpose timber which is sold under the name "northern rose walnut". It has a density of .
Conservation This species was assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2019 and found to be of least-concern. It is also rated as least-concern by the Queensland Government under its Nature Conservation Act. In its statement, the IUCN cites the lack of any perceived threat to the species, as well as a wide distribution and large population, as the basis for the assessment.
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com