Diploglottis harpullioides S.T.Reynolds

Reynolds, S.T. (1981) Austrobaileya 1(3): 391. Type: Cook District: Harvey Creek, 12 October 1973, L.J.Webb & J.G.Tracey s.n. (BRI, holotypus).

Harpullia Tamarind; Tamarind; Babinda Tamarind

A small tree not exceeding 30 cm dbh.

Leaf bearing twigs with longitudinal grooves only when very young. Leaflet blades large, about 15-20 x 6-9 cm. Terminal buds clothed in pale, prostrate hairs. Midrib slightly raised or almost flush with the upper surface of the leaflet blade. Lateral veins curved throughout their length.

Inflorescence clothed in pale hairs. Young inflorescence bracts up to 1 mm long. Flowers 5 mm diam. Calyx lobes nearly free, suborbicular or obovate, concave, unequal. Petals five, equal. Stamens eight.

Fruits +/- glabrous externally. Seeds +/- globular or obovate, about 20-25 mm diam. Aril attached to most of the basal hemisphere of the seed and completely enveloping the seed.

First pair of leaves compound with two leaflets. At the tenth leaf stage: leaflet blades elliptic, apex acuminate, unequal-sided at the base, glabrous on both the upper and lower surfaces. Stem +/- glabrous. Seed germination time 10 to 21 days.

Endemic to NEQ, restricted to the area between Cooktown and Innisfail. Altitudinal range from sea level to 400 m. Grows as an understory tree in lowland rain forest.