Pseuduvaria glabrescens is a tree reaching 9 m (30 ft) in height and a trunk diameter of up to 10 cm (3.9 in).

[3]: 88–89 The inflorescences are produced either in the leaf axils or on younger branches in a process known as ramiflory.

There are three sepals measuring up to 2 mm (0.08 in) long and wide, ovate in shape, and subglabrous on the outer surface.

[4] Oils extracted from its leaves contain high levels of elemicin and methyl eugenol.

mulgraveana by the indumentum of the branchlets and petioles being very short and sparse and the glabrescent leaves.

Saunders, in a monograph published by in 2010, found that the two varieties were "substantially different in vegetative and floral morphology", and they detailed differences in the hairiness of the branches, petioles and midribs, and in the size, shape and/or number of leaves, sepals, petals and stamens.

It grows in well developed rainforest on metamorphic, basalt and granite soils, at altitudes from near sea level to about 800 m (2,600 ft).

[9][10][4] This plant serves as a host species for larvae of the green triangle butterfly (Graphium macfarlanei),[9] and its flowers are pollinated by flies.