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Long Leaved Tuckeroo

Cupaniopsis newmanii

Long Leaved Tuckeroo
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Long-leaved tuckeroo is a small rainforest tree or shrub from eastern Australia, growing up to about 6 m with leathery, toothed leaves. Give it a sheltered, humid spot with good drainage and light shade when young.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while young, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, fertile soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland, NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cupaniopsis newmanii, commonly known as long-leaved tuckeroo, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a rainforest tree with paripinnate leaves with 16 to 24 narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaflets, and separate male and female flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a rust-coloured capsule flushed with pink.

Where it grows

Long-leaved tuckeroo grows on the margin of rainforest between Mullumbimby in New South Wales and Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.

Other Cupaniopsis plants

Tuckeroo · Narrow Leaved Tuckeroo · Cupaniopsis cooperorum · Cupaniopsis dallachyi · Cupaniopsis diploglottoides · Brown tuckeroo · Cupaniopsis fleckeri · White tamarind · Cupaniopsis papillosa · Rusty Tuckeroo · Wedge Leaf Tuckeroo · Northern Tuckeroo

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cupaniopsis newmanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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