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Diploglottis australis (G.Don) Radlk.
Family Sapindaceae
Common name: native tamarind

Diploglottis australis (G.Don) Radlk. APNI*

Synonyms: Diploglottis cunninghamii (Hook.) Hook.f. ex Benth. APNI*

Description: Tree to 30 m high; new growth rusty-tomentose; branchlets strongly ribbed.

Leaves mostly 40–120 cm long, leaflets 6–12 (leaves simple or with 3–5 leaflets in saplings and coppice shoots) oblong to elliptic-oblong, mostly 10–30 cm long and 4–8 cm wide, apex rounded or bluntly pointed, base ± asymmetric, upper surface ± glabrous except along veins, lower surface rusty-hairy; petiole 5–15 cm long, petiolules 2–4 mm long.

Panicles mostly 15–50 cm long. Flowers ca 3 mm long, creamy-brown.

Capsule ± globose, 10–15 mm diam., 2- or 3-lobed, brown-hairy; aril orange-yellow. Fruit ripe Nov. and Dec.


Illustration
M. Flockton

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in moist rainforest; chiefly in the coastal ranges, north from Durras Mtn.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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