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Cupaniopsis papillosa

Cupaniopsis papillosa, known as Tully Falls tamarind, is a shrub or small tree from a very restricted area near Ravenshoe in north Queensland. It is grown only rarely, and its specific care needs are not well documented, so treat general guidance with caution.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top layer of soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, fertile soil enriched with organic matter.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cupaniopsis papillosa, commonly known as Tully Falls tamarind, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family and is endemic to a restricted area near Ravenshoe. It is a shrub or small tree with paripinnate leaves with 5 to 7 elliptic, egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, separate male and female, white flowers arranged in panicles, the fruit a fawn-yellow capsule.

Where it grows

Tully Falls tamarind grows as an understorey shrub at altitudes between 900–1,000 m (3,000–3,300 ft) in the Ravenshoe - Tully Falls area in north Queensland.

Other Cupaniopsis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cupaniopsis papillosa 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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