''Castanospora'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus (i.e. a genus containing only one species) in the maple and lychee family

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include Aesculus, horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The ...

. The sole species is ''Castanospora alphandii'', commonly known as brown tamarind, which grows naturally in rainforests of eastern Australia from about

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in mid north

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, as far north as Rossville in far north

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