Wilkiea pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to north Queensland.

It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic leaves and male and female flowers on separate plants.

Wilkiea pubescens is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 5–7 m (16–23 ft).

[2] This species was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham and given the name Kibara pubescens in Flora Australiensis, from a specimen collected by John Dallachy near Rockingham Bay.

[3][4] In 2007, Trevor Paul Whiffin and Donald Bruce Foreman transferred the species to Wilkiea as W. pubescens in the Flora of Australia.