臺灣特有種，僅產於臺灣蘭嶼。常綠中喬木，樹皮光滑，小枝粗壯，圓柱形，光滑無毛，嫩枝翠綠色。葉對生或近似對生，但有時亦有部份呈互生者，卵形或卵狀橢圓形，厚革質，全緣但略反捲，葉基3出脈明顯。花小，數目較樟屬其他種類為少，頂生的短聚繖花序。果為核果，橢圓形，光滑，熟時由綠轉為紫黑色；基部有殘存杯狀果托，短圓齒緣。果期9~10月。

Endemic to Taiwan and only grown in Orchid Island. An evergreen tree with smooth bark, thick branchlets, cylindrical, smooth and hairless; young branches bright green. Leaves opposite or nearly opposite, but sometimes alternate, oval or ovate-elliptic, thickly leathery, entire but slightly curling up, leaf base with 3 conspicuous veins. The flowers are small and less than that of other species in the genus. Cymes are short and terminal. The fruit is an elliptic and smooth drupe which turns from green to purple-black when mature; there is a residual cup-shaped hypocarp at the base with a crenate margin. Fruiting from September to October.

喜全日照或半日照，土壤以富含有機質之壤土為佳，排水需良好。耐風、耐旱。以種子繁殖為主。

The plant enjoys full day or half sun, rich organic loam and good drainage. Tolerant to wind and drought. Mainly seed reproduction.

可作庭園景觀樹、海岸防風林、行道樹等，馴化後可做室內大型盆栽。種子播種可做小品盆栽(種子小森林)。樹皮可入藥，有祛風散寒、止痛化瘀、活血健胃之功效。

The plant can be a garden landscape tree, coastal windbreak, a street tree, etc. After domestication, it can be used as a large indoor potted plant or as a small seed bonsai (small forest of seeds). The bark can be made into medicine for the properties of dispelling cold, relieving pain and stasis, promoting blood circulation and invigorating the stomach.