''Dodonaea hispidula'' is a species of flowering plant in the hop-bush genus of the soapberry family. It is native to tropical northern Australia, where it occurs from the

Kimberley region The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts in the region of the Pilbara, an ...

of north-western Western Australia, across the Top End of the Northern Territory, to northern Queensland. In Western Australia it is found in the Central Kimberley,

Dampierland Dampierland is an interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia.IBRA Version 6.1

, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain and Victoria Bonaparte

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bioregions.

Description

It grows as a shrub up to about 2 m in height. The usually clustered leaves are 15–90 mm long, 8–34 mm wide. The flowers are 5–14 mm in diameter. The ellipsoidal fruits are 2–7 mm long, 2–14 mm wide.

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* hispidula Eudicots of Western Australia Sapindales of Australia Plants described in 1835 Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub