Pouteria myrsinoides is an Australian tree in the Sapotaceae

Sapotaceae

Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera . Distribution is pantropical....

 family. The common names include Yellow Plumwood, Axe-handle Wood and Blunt-leaved Coondoo. It occurs in seaside rainforests and drier rainforests from the Forster, New South Wales

Forster, New South Wales

Forster is a large coastal town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council LGA, about north-north-east of Sydney. It is immediately adjacent to its twin, Tuncurry, which is the smaller of the two towns...

 to the Lakeland Downs in tropical Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

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A small tree, up to 12 metres tall and a stem diameter of 25 cm. Leaves are 2 to 10 cm long and 1 to 4 cm wide. Flowering occurs between May and November, sometimes as early as February. The fruit is a thin fleshed, purple/black berry, 1.5 to 3 cm long, containing one to three seeds.

The specific epithet myrsinoides refers to a similarity of the leaves of certain plants in the genus Myrsine

Myrsine

Myrsine is a genus of flowering plants, the nominate genus of the family Myrsinaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas...

. The taxonomy of this species is currently under review.