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Dinosperma
Sign in to saveDinosperma is a genus of plant containing the single species Dinosperma erythrococcum, commonly known as tingletongue, clubwood or nutmeg, and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a tree usually with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the leaflets lance-shaped to oblong, and panicles of small white flowers, later bright orange to red, slightly fleshy follicles containing shiny, bluish black seeds.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
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Dinosperma is a genus of plant containing the single species Dinosperma erythrococcum, commonly known as tingletongue, clubwood or nutmeg, and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a tree usually with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the leaflets lance-shaped to oblong, and panicles of small white flowers, later bright orange to red, slightly fleshy follicles containing shiny, bluish black seeds.
==Description== Dinosperma erythrococcum is a tree that typically grows to a height of and is more or less glabrous. It has mostly trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs on a petiole long, the leaflets lance-shaped to oblong, long and wide, the side leaflets on petiolules up to long, the end leaflet on a petiolule long. The leaves have distinct but scattered oil dots. The flowers are arranged in panicles long. The sepals are about long, the white petals about long, and there are eight stamens that are about the same length as the petals. Flowering mainly occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is an elliptical, orange to red, slightly fleshy follicle long containing glossy black or bluish black seeds.