Symplocos puberula is a plant in the family Symplocaceae found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a tree up to tall with new growth (i.e. covered in fine soft hairs). The leaves are stiff, widest near the apex and tapered at the base (obovate), and they have a short "drip tip". They measure up to long and wide, and have 6–12 pairs of lateral veins either side of the midrib which curve forwards (i.e. towards the leaf tip) and connect to the next vein. The leaf edges are finely toothed in the distal half of the leaf blade.
The inflorescence measures up to long and takes the form of a or a . The white flowers are small — the sepals are about long and the petals about long. They have about 50 to 70 stamens measuring up to long, and the style is about long. The fruit is a dark blue or black drupe with a persistent calyx at the apex, measuring about long and wide.
This species can be found from the McIlwraith Range near Cooktown, south along the east coast to the area around Eungella. It inhabits well developed rainforest on metamorphic and basalt soils.
This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act., it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).