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Botanical Name:
Castanospora alphandii

Common Name:
Brown Tamarind

Fruit & Seed Description: Fruit is a rosy pink to brown drupe-like capsule, 2.5-3 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. Contains 1-2 brown seeds.

References:
AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST SEEDS (CSIRO Publishing, 2020) Authors: Mark Dunphy, Steve McAlpin, Paul Nelson, Michelle Chapman (SEEDTREE MAPS Founder)


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