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

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

[2] Wilkiea smithii was first formally described in 2007 by Trevor Paul Whiffin in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected in 1995 by Bruce Gray.

[3] The specific epithet (smithii) honours Lindsay Stuart Smith "in recognition of his botanical contributions to Queensland rain forests.

[2] This species grows in a drier rainforest at altitudes from 200 to 800 m (660 to 2,620 ft) from south of Cooktown to north of the Atherton Tableland in northeast Queensland.