Didymocheton rufus

Didymocheton rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Didymocheton
Species:
D. rufus
Binomial name
Didymocheton rufus
(A.Rich.) Harms (1940)
Synonyms
  • Alliaria rufa (A.Rich.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Dysoxlyum rufum (A.Rich.) Benth. (1863)
  • Hartighsea rufa A.Rich. (1834) (basionym)

Didymocheton rufus is a rainforest tree in the family Meliaceae, found in eastern Australia. It occurs on a variety of different soils and rainforest types. From as far south as Bulahdelah, New South Wales to the McIlwraith Range in far north eastern Australia. The specific epithet rufus refers to the rusty red of the leaf, fruit and flower hairs of this species.