Common name: beetroot tree, green tamarind
Elattostachys nervosa (F.Muell.) Radlk. APNI* 
Description: Tree to c. 12 m high; young growth shortly pubescent, soon glabrescent.
Leaves mostly 10–20 cm long, rachis extended beyond last leaflet; leaflets usually alternate, 3–8, mostly narrowly ovate-oblong, 8–16 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, apex acuminate or acute, base obtuse or acute, margins regularly to obscurely toothed, both surfaces glabrous; secondary veins 12–18 pair; domatia absent; petiole 1.5–6 cm long, petiolules 2–6 mm long.
Inflorescences 2.5–6 cm long. Petals c. 3 mm long.
Capsule ± globose, c. 15 mm long, woody, pinkish red; seeds dark brown, aril red to purple.
Distribution and occurrence: in warmer rainforest, north from Paterson.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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