Acronychia acidula F.Muell.

Tree to 27 m high. Internodes of young branchlets terete, slightly compressed, or sub-tetragonous. Leaves simple, glabrous; petiole 2–7 cm long; lamina elliptic or broadly so (occasional leaves obovate), 8–23.5 cm long, 4.3–12 cm wide, rounded to obtusely acuminate, with acumen to 1 cm long. Inflorescences several-or many-flowered, axillary and/or infra-foliar, 3–10 cm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long (3–5 mm long in fruit), glabrous. Flower buds obtuse. Sepals 2–2.5 mm wide, glabrous adaxially. Petals 7–8.5 mm long, like staminal filaments deciduous in fruit. Gynoecium syncarpous, like fruit 4-loculed; ovary glabrous, like fruit without septicidal fissures. Fruit syncarpous, subglobose to broadly conical in outline, 13–16 mm long, without stylar beak, glabrous; fruiting carpels without ruptured wall opening into locule; dried fruit as seen in medial transverse section with outer part of pericarp less than  0.5 mm thick, exocarp fleshy and mesocarp spongy between locules; endocarp cartilaginous. Seeds c. 4.5 mm long.

It is a tropical plant. It is found in highland rainforest in Northeast Queensland, Australia. It grows to 1100 m altitude. It requires a well drained soil and prefers a sunny position but will grow in part shade. It can grow on a range of different soils. It can grow in cooler climates if it has good rainfall and fertile soil.

The fruit is eaten raw. It is acid. It can be used in cooking. It is cooked with seafood or poultry. It can be made into jams, syrup, cakes, sauces, jucie, conserves or salad dressing. The small black seeds are edible.

It is grown from seed. The seed are hard to remove from the fruit and the fruit can be sown whole. The seed are slow to germinate. (6 weeks to 6 months.) Cuttings root easily. The soil around the tree should not be allowed to dry out. Fruit can be difficult to harvest because the trees are large. Fruit should be harvested just before they are ripe. They are damaged if they fall and rot quickly. The fruit can be frozen easily for storage. It can also be preserved in a light sugar syrup.