It is native to tropical semi-deciduous rainforest and gallery forests in northern Queensland, some of the Torres Strait Islands, and New Guinea.

New leaves are folded inside dull red bracts and then released in a spectacular cascade of white foliage.

The fruity-scented flowers which appear in north Queensland in September to October have 3 to 5 white-cream petals, and may be pollinated by marsupials or bats.

lenticellata in having ovaries with dense, persistent hairs.

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