Diploglottis campbellii Cheel

Tree to 20 (–30) m high. Branchlets and leaf axes puberulous or glabrous. Leaf rachis 2–10 cm long; leaflets usually 2–4 pairs, the lamina elliptic-oblong or subovate, acute or shortly acuminate, subacute or obtuse and unequal at base, 5–19 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, glossy above, paler and ±dull below, glabrous, midribs puberulent; petiolules 2–5 mm long; petiole 3–8 cm long. Panicles 10–16 cm long; peduncles tomentose. Flowers c. 5 mm diam.; pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx lobes obovate or suborbicular, 2–4 mm long, tomentose. Petals 4 or 5, as long as calyx. Disc lateral, oblong, erect, enclosing stamens on one side. Fruit ±depressed-ovoid or subglobose, 3-sulcate or 1-lobed, 2–7 cm long, up to 7 cm wide, yellow-brown; valves slightly fleshy, drying thin, crustaceous, hairy inside. Seeds granular; aril red.

It grows in the rainforest. It grows in warm temperate places and will grow in the tropics. It needs well drained soil and light shade. It suits hardiness zones 9-11. Geelong Botanical Gardens. Coffs Harbour Botanical Gardens.

The edible fruit are tart and used to make e.g. jams, jellies and sauces. Commercially grown as a bushfood or bush tucker, e.g. in the Lismore area of NE New South Wales.

Plants are grown from seed which must be sown fresh.