Endiandra jonesii is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989. It has a conservation status of vulnerable.
Description Endiandra jonesii is a tree that can grow up to in height and diameter, and the trunk is often buttressed. The leaves are generally about long and wide and have 8–13 pairs of lateral veins. They are green on both sides, but the underside has a fine covering of reddish brown hairs when young. The petiole averages about long. The midrib may be depressed or flush with the upper surface of the blade, and domatia are absent.
The inflorescence is a panicle emerging from the . Flowers are cream or creamy yellow and scented; they have six tepals up to long. The fruits are an ellipsoid or globular drupe, black or purple-black. They measure up to long and wide, and are usually laterally compressed. They contain a single brown seed up to long and wide.
Distribution The species grows in well-developed rainforest on granite soils, from near Mount Misery in the Ngalba Bulal National Park to Mount Lewis. It occurs at altitudes from .
Conservation This species is listed as vulnerable in the Queensland Government's WildNet database. , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
References
External links
Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist