Helicia glabriflora is a species of rainforest shrubs or small trees occurring in eastern Australia.

[3][4][5] They grow naturally in a variety of different rainforest types from the Illawarra, New South Wales (34° S) to the Townsville area, Queensland (19° S).

[3][4][5][6] Of all the global diversity of approximately one hundred Helicia species, this one species naturally grows the furthest south, in the Minnamurra Rainforest and the Robertson area, Illawarra, New South Wales, there observed more on the relatively fertile basalt and alluvial soils.

The leaf stems measure between 1 and 3 mm long, swollen at the base; often reduced to a pulvinus.

The fruit is a purple blue drupe, around 16 mm (0.63 in) long, maturing from April to November, with a single green seed.