Symplocos stawellii, or the white hazelwood, is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia.

The natural distribution is from Gerringong Creek in the upper Kangaroo Valley (34° S) of New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in tropical Queensland.

A small to medium-sized tree, up to 30 metres tall and 80 cm in diameter, but usually much smaller.

Leaves alternate, firm and toothed, elliptic in shape 8 to 16 cm long with a rounded leaf tip.

The fragrant white flowers form in panicles between the months of April to July.