Common names for this species include flintwood, mountain cherry, brown birch and scolopia.

The natural range of distribution of Scolopia braunii is between Jervis Bay (35° S) in the south to Cape York Peninsula at the northernmost part of Australia.

A medium-sized tree growing to 25 metres tall and 50 cm in stem diameter.

Young rhomboid shaped red leaves form on slender branchlets, marked with pale lenticels.

The fruit is a red berry, turning black when mature, 1 cm in diameter containing two to four seeds.