It is endemic to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Loyalty Islands and is a rich source of the essential oil, bisabolol.

Myoporum crassifolium is a shrub or small tree which grows to a height of 6 metres (20 ft).

[1] The flowers are arranged in groups of 3 to 6 in the axils of the leaves and have 5 sepals and 5 white, spotted pink petals joined at their base to form a tube.

[1] Myoporum crassifolium was first formally described in 1786 by Georg Forster in Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus.

[1] On the L'Île-des-Pins, this species is an ingredient of a medicinal preparation and inner parts of the branches can be used as torches, burning with a white light and producing a pleasant scent.