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Bailey ( Queensland Flora) describes a variety parvifolia in the following 
words :— 
A small tree, minutely hoary. Leaflets 3 to 6, opposite or subopposite, 1| to 3J inches long, -J) inch 
to 1 inch broad ; oblong, with sometimes a cuneate base, the apex emarginate ; petiolules about 3 or 4 lines, 
margins entire. Panicles seldom more than 3 or 4 inches long, and broad. Capsule about 4 or 5 lines 
broad, shortly stipitate, angular, rugose outside, densely hairy inside with short rusty hairs. Seeds black, 
nearly enclosed in the arillus. Iiab.—Main Range and several other localities in southern Queensland ; 
also Mt. Terry (J. Keys). Wood light coloured, close-grained, very tough. 
Botanical Name. — Cupania, in memory of Francesco Cupani, an Italian 
monk and botanical author, who died in 1710. An account of his works will be 
found in Pritzel’s Thesaurus Literaturce Botanicce, edition of 1872, p. 73; 
anacardiodes, Anacardium-like —the foliage being deemed to resemble that of a 
species of Anacardium. 
Vernacular Names.— “ Brush Deal ” is a name said to have been given to 
this tree in Queensland. I have heard the name “ Carrot Wood ” given to it in 
the northern part of New South Wales. 
Aboriginal Names. —“Yowarro” is a name formerly given by the Illawarra 
blacks to this tree, according to the late Sir William Macarthur. “ Tuckeroo ” is a 
Queensland aboriginal name. 
Synonym. — Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Badlkofer, in Sitzungber., K. Bayer., 
Acad., ix, 512, 585 (1879) 
Badlkofer divides the tribe Cupaniece into two sub-tribes— 
(a) Cupaniece lomatorrhizce. Badicle of the embryo appressed to the margins 
of the cotyledons. 
(b) Cupaniece notorrhizce. Badicle of the embryo appressed to the back of one 
of the cotyledons. 
Cupania belongs to sub-tribe (a), and Cupaniopsis to sub-tribe ( b ). It would 
appear that there are no other important differences between the genera. 
According to Badlkofer, Cupania is confined to “ tropical and sub-tropical 
America,” and Cupaniopsis to “Australia and the Pacific Islands.” 
Timber. —Occasionally used for house building purposes, but not generally 
valued (Moore). It is of a light pinkish colour, close-grained, and tough. It dresses 
well, and is not an ill-looking timber, but it cannot be called handsome. A slab in 
the Technological Museum, which has been seasoned over twenty-five years (having 
been exhibited at the London International Exhibition of 1862), has a weight which 
corresponds to 47 lb. per cubic foot. It is one of the numerous brush timbers that 
are found in our forests, and whose special uses have not yet been discovered. 
