This large tree has a trunk with thick greyish fissured corky bark and has spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has leathery dark green elliptical leaves and the tiny cup-shaped flowers appear from winter to spring and followed blackish berries.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11

Endiandra sieberi is naturally found in Australlia growing in warm rainforests from Jervis Bay in southern New South Wales to south-eastern Queensland. 

It prefers a organic rich moist well drained sandy soil in a protected to open sunny position and is frost and drought tender. 

The Hard Corkwood is a small to medium size tree and is grown for its unusual corky bark and spreading crown. It is planted in rainforest settings as an emergent or used as a lawn specimen for shade. It is suitable for coastal regions in woodland settings and establishes in 3 to 5 years. It is also planted along water courses and grown in botanical collections. ID 557

Note:
This plant is not commonly cultivated outside its native region and may be difficult to obtain requiring a specialist nursery.

Endiandra (en-de-AN-dra)  sieberi (sy-BER-ee)

Lauraceae (law-RAY-see-ee)