Castanospermum australe (black bean, Moreton Bay chestnut)

Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. ex Mudie (1829) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
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Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld., central eastern Qld. and southwards to north eastern New South Wales. 
Altitudinal range in CYP and NEQ from near sea level to 800 m.
Grows in well developed rain forest but often found in gallery forest along creeks and rivers.
Also occurs in New Caledonia and Vanuatu.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. ex Mudie (1829): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/196675/api/apni-format .
Castanospermum ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Castanospermum&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
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