''Toechima'' is a genus of small to medium-sized

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s in the plant family

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. The species are native to

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, the

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in Australia as well as New Guinea.

Species

Eight species (including one undescribed) recognised by the

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and by the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea are: *'' Toechima daemelianum'' (F.Muell.) Radlk. *'' Toechima dasyrrhache'' Radlk. - blunt-leaved steelwood *'' Toechima erythrocarpum'' (F.Muell.) Radlk. - pink tamarind, foambark **''Toechima erythrocarpum'' subsp. ''papuanum'' P.W.Leenhouts *'' Toechima livescens'' Radlk *'' Toechima monticola'' S.T.Reynolds *'' Toechima pterocarpum'' S.T.Reynolds *''Toechima'' sp. East Alligator (J.Russell-Smith 8418) NT Herbarium *'' Toechima tenax'' (Benth.) Radlk.

References

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* Sapindaceae genera Sapindales of Australia Taxa named by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer {{Australia-rosid-stub