Bosistoa transversa, known as the Yellow Satinheart, is a rainforest tree found in eastern Australia. A member of the citrus family, it is rare plant, rated as vulnerable. It occurs from Mullumbimby in north eastern New South Wales to Gladstone, Queensland. The habitat is lowland sub-tropical rainforest. The tree was first described in 1917 by Queensland botanists John Frederick Bailey and Cyril Tenison White. The generic name Bosistoa honours the name of Joseph Bosisto, a manufacturer of essential oils. The specific epithet transversa refers to the transversal ribbed carpels of the fruit.