Mischocarpus pyriformis

Pear fruited tamarind
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Mischocarpus
Species:	M. pyriformis
Binomial name
	Mischocarpus pyriformis; (F.Muell.) Radlk.
Synonyms
	Ratonia pyriformis (F.Muell.) Benth.; Schmidelia pyriformis F.Muell.; Cupania laurifolia Ettingsh.;

Mischocarpus pyriformis, known as the pear fruited tamarind is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. Occurring from Seal Rocks, New South Wales to as far north as Cooktown in tropical Queensland. The sub species found in New South Wales is Mischocarpus pyriformis subsp. pyriformis.^[1]

The habitat is rainforest by streams or near the ocean, also found in dry rainforest. The generic name Mischocarpus refers to the stalk tapering into the top part of the fruit. "Pear shaped" is the translation of the species name pyriformis.

^ Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

[1] Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

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