# Castanospora

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Not to be confused with [Castanospermum](/source/Castanospermum).

***Castanospora*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus (i.e. a genus containing only one species) in the maple and lychee family [Sapindaceae](/source/Sapindaceae). The sole species is ***Castanospora alphandii***, commonly known as **brown tamarind**, which grows naturally in rainforests of eastern Australia from about [Coffs Harbour](/source/Coffs_Harbour) in mid north [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), as far north as [Rossville](/source/Rossville,_Queensland) in far north [Queensland](/source/Queensland).[5][6][7][8]

## References

1. ["*Castanospora*"](https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/55506). *[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI)*. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 2 February 2025.

1. ["*Castanospora* F.Muell."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36322-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

1. ["*Castanospora alphandii*"](https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/55514). *[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI)*. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 2 February 2025.

1. ["*Castanospora alphandii* (F.Muell.) F.Muell."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782256-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.

1. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). ["*Castanospora alphandii*"](https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Castanospora_alphandii.htm). *[Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants](/source/Australian_Tropical_Rainforest_Plants) Edition 8 (RFK8)*. Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 19 June 2021.

1. Harden, G.J. ["Genus *Castanospora*"](http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Castanospora). *PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System)*. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

1. Harden, G.J. ["*Castanospora alphandii* (F.Muell.) F.Muell."](http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Castanospora~alphandii). *PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System)*. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

1. ["Search: species: Castanospora alphandii | Occurrence records"](https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Castanospora%20alphandii#tab_mapView). *[Australasian Virtual Herbarium](/source/Australasian_Virtual_Herbarium)*. [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). Retrieved 2 February 2025.

## External links

- [View a map](https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Castanospora+alphandii#tab_mapView) of herbarium records of this species at the [Australasian Virtual Herbarium](/source/Australasian_Virtual_Herbarium)
- [View observations](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=428126) of this species on [iNaturalist](/source/INaturalist)
- [See images](https://flickriver.com/search/Castanospora+alphandii) of this species on Flickriver.com

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