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Diploglottis is a genus of 11 species () in the lychee and maple family Sapindaceae. Most species only occur in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, but all species except one are endemic to eastern Australia, with the exception being D. diphyllostegia, which also occurs in New Guinea. They are commonly called tamarinds, for example northern tamarind (D. diphyllostegia), Babinda tamarind (D. harpullioides) and '''Bernie's tamarind' (D. bernieana''), however they are not closely related to the true tamarind from the family Fabaceae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilySapindaceae

General: Diploglottis australis is found in secondary forest between

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
21
With media
14
Family
Sapindaceae
Collections
MEL, RSA, VT
Recorded in
Australia, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sapindaceae
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Diploglottis cunninghamii - Baillon.jpg
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taxon name
Diploglottis
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Diploglottis
Commons category
Diploglottis
taxon common name
酸酱木属
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Diploglottis is a genus of 11 species () in the lychee and maple family Sapindaceae. Most species only occur in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, but all species except one are endemic to eastern Australia, with the exception being D. diphyllostegia, which also occurs in New Guinea. They are commonly called tamarinds, for example northern tamarind (D. diphyllostegia), Babinda tamarind (D. harpullioides) and '''Bernie's tamarind' (D. bernieana), however they are not closely related to the true tamarind from the family Fabaceae.

Plants in this genus are small to large trees, often with fluted and/or multi-stemmed trunks. Branchlets are fluted, hairy and . Leaves are compound and paripinnate; leaflets are stiff, often quite large and may be arranged in opposites or alternately. The inflorescences are panicles, produced in the leaf axils. Flowers are small, (i.e. having bisexual and unisexual flowers on the same plant), calyx with 5 lobes, corolla with 4 or 5 petals. Fruit are capsules, (1–)2–3(–4) lobed, one or more lobes may be aborted. Seeds entirely or partly enclosed in a bilobed aril.

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