Scientific Name: Castanospora alphandii

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  • Common Name:
    Brown Tamarind
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    SAPINDACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, small in panicles from upper branchlet ends. Separate male and female flowers on same plant. Perfumed. Autumn.
  • Fruit:
    Capsule, orange brown, roundish splitting into two segments.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Sub-tropical rainforest
  • Species List:
    Kin Kin Arboretum
Identification Notes

New growth pale green, leaf scars prominent, terminal leaflet absent. rachis tip extended. Leaf compound, alternate, pinnate with 8-10 leaflets alternate on rachis. Margins rather wavy. Leaflets glossy green above, pale to greyish and very shortly hairy below. Midrib prominent, moreso below. Hollow domatia often present in vein angles. Petiolules with pulvinules. Leaflets tapering to blunt or notched apex. 10-12 com.

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propogated by Mooloola Native Nursery||