Cupaniopsis diploglottoides
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| Cupaniopsis diploglottoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Cupaniopsis |
| Species: | C. diploglottoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Cupaniopsis diploglottoides | |
Cupaniopsis diploglottoides, commonly known as velvet tamarind,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a shrub or tree with paripinnate leaves with sessile leaflets and separate male and female flowers.
Cupaniopsis diploglottoides is tree that sometimes grows to the height of a small tree, but forms flowers and fruit as a single stemmed shrub 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. Its leaves are paripinnate with leaflets 145–180 mm (5.7–7.1 in) long, 65–70 mm (2.6–2.8 in) wide. The lower surface of the leaves and the midvein on the upper surface are hairy. Separate male and female flowers are borne in panicles, the flowers about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) wide and hairy. The sepal lobes are hairy on the outside, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, the petals are about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and there are 8 stamens with filaments about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2]