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Nursery Direct
Small-Leaved Tamarind
Diploglottis campbellii
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 45L about 1.5 to 2.5m, 100L about 2.5 to 3.5m, 150L about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Small-Leaved Tamarind - Diploglottis campbellii
One of Australia's rarest rainforest trees, Diploglottis campbellii survives in only a handful of wild stands on the far north coast of New South Wales and across the Queensland border. In cultivation it builds a dense, dark green canopy on a straight trunk and carries large three lobed capsules that split to reveal a scarlet, sharply acidic aril used in cordials and sauces. People choose it over the commoner native tamarind for the heavier fruit crop and for the conservation value of growing a critically endangered species.
Why Small-Leaved Tamarind
Conservation Value: Only a very small number of mature trees remain in the wild, so every garden planting adds to the surviving gene pool.
Edible Fruit: The crimson aril is intensely tart and high in vitamin C, ripening through summer into autumn on established trees.
Shade Canopy: Large glossy compound leaves form an evenly domed head that casts genuine shade by the time the tree reaches 6m.
Wildlife Draw: Fruiting brings in figbirds, fruit doves and flying foxes.
Growth Habit: Naturally single trunked and self shaping, so it needs very little formative pruning.
Ideal Applications
Feature Shade Tree: Planted alone on a lawn it becomes a clean, symmetrical dome with a usable canopy.
Rainforest Restoration: Works as a canopy species in subtropical revegetation on the northern rivers.
Bushfood Planting: Grown in small groups for a reliable fruit crop, since cross pollination improves set.
Sheltered Garden Courtyard: The dense head and non aggressive roots suit walled spaces in warm districts.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 4 to 5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 10m
Best Planting Season: Spring through to early autumn in subtropical zones, avoiding cold wet winter soil
Soil & Drainage: Deep, friable, moisture retentive loam with free drainage and a mulched, weed free surface
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first two summers and never let the root ball dry right out. Keep a 100mm mulch layer clear of the trunk and shelter young trees from frost and hot westerly wind for the first three years.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 15m in cultivation, taller in closed rainforest
Width: 4 to 8m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun once established, part shade while young
Native to: Lowland subtropical rainforest of far northern New South Wales and south east Queensland
Flower Colour: Small cream to greenish white, followed by red fruit
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







