Toechima daemelianum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Toechima |
Species: | T. daemelianum
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Binomial name | |
Toechima daemelianum | |
Synonyms | |
Cupania daemeliana F.Muell. |
Toechima daemelianum, commonly known as cape tamarind, is an evergreen tree from north-east Queensland in Australia. [2] It grows up to 13 metres high and a trunk which may be up to 20 cm wide. [3]
The species was formally described in 1875 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the ninth volume of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. [1] Mueller placed the species in the genus Cupania, naming it Cupania daemeliana, in honour of Edward Daemel who collected plant material from Cape York. [4] In 1879, Bavarian botanist Ludwig Radlkofer reassigned the species to the genus Toechima.
Toechima daemelianum is found in dry and riverine rainforest between Cape York and Tully. [3]