Castanospora is a monotypic genus (i.e. a genus containing only one species) in the maple and lychee family Sapindaceae. The sole species is Castanospora alphandii, commonly known as brown tamarind, which grows naturally in rainforests of eastern Australia from about Coffs Harbour in mid north New South Wales, as far north as Rossville in far north Queensland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Brown Tamarind being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Bosistoa pentacocca
- Dysoxylum oppositifolium
- Ormosia hengchuniana
- Mischocarpus pyriformis
- Canarium australasicum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Castanospora
- Species
- Castanospora alphandii
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