Common name: Tingletongue
Dinosperma erythrococcum (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley APNI* 
Description: Tree to 23 m high, glabrous or nearly so.
Leaves usually opposite, mostly 3-foliolate, rarely 1-, 2- or 4-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate to oblong, 2.3–10 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, apex rounded to obtuse, base cuneate on terminal leaflets, usually asymmetric on lateral leaflets, margins entire or inconspicuously glandular-crenate, glabrous, oil dots distinct but scattered; petiole 1–3 cm long; lateral petiolules 0–7 mm long, terminal petiolule mostly 1.5–20 mm long.
Panicles 6–8 cm long. Sepals c. 1 mm long, slightly pubescent. Petals c. 3 mm long, white, minutely pubescent outside. Stamens 8, shorter than or equal to the petals in length.
Follicles ovoid, divaricate, 5–8 mm long, subfleshy, transversely wrinkled, bright orange to red; seeds ovoid, bluish black, shiny.
Flowering: Flowers spring to early summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Not common in this State, grows in dry rainforest in the headwaters of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Common name refers to the tingling sensation on the tongue if the fresh bark is tasted.
Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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