[6][7][8] The globose, green seed cones measure 8–13 cm (3.1–5.1 in) diameter with up to 440 scales, and mature in 18–20 months after pollination.
In 1883 the Colonial Botanist of Queensland Frederick Manson Bailey published a paper in which he gave the species its current binomial name Agathis robusta.
[13] The species grows in rainforest on well-drained soils of various types, at elevations up to 1,100 m (3,600 ft) and where the annual rainfall is between 1,100 and 1,500 mm (43 and 59 in).
[1][2] A number of Lepidoptera species utilise the Queensland kauri as a host plant, including Agathiphaga queenslandensis, Heteropsyche poecilochroma, Leipoxais rufobrunnea, Darna nararia, Orgyia australis, Achaea janata, and Lexias dirtea.
[14] This tree produces a high quality timber, which was used for a variety of purposes, such as cabinetmaking, joinery, framing, and plywood.
[15] A long avenue of mature kauris, planted in the 1930s, are maintained at the heritage-listed North Queensland tourist attraction, Paronella Park.