Toechima daemelianum

Toechima daemelianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Toechima
Species:	T. daemelianum
Binomial name
Toechima daemelianum (F.Muell.) Radlk.[1]
Synonyms
Cupania daemeliana F.Muell. Ratonia daemeliana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey

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]

References

1. "Toechima daemelianum (F.Muell.) Radlk.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
2. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Toechima daemelianum". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
3. Reynolds, Sally T. (1985). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, IV". Austrobaileya. 2 (2): 153–189. JSTOR 41738663.
4. "Cupania daemeliana F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

External links

• "Toechima daemelianum (F.Muell.) Radlk". Atlas of Living Australia.