Dodonaea megazyga (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub or small tree to 5 m high.
Leaves imparipinnate, 7.2–14.5 cm long, rarely to 20.5 cm; leaflets mostly 19–31, lanceolate, mostly 17–24.5 mm long, 4–7.5 mm wide, usually asymmetric, apex acute, base cuneate, margins entire.
Flowers in many-flowered axillary cymes; pedicels 2–7 mm long. Sepals 3 or 4, lanceolate to broad-ovate or broad-oblong, 1.8–2.7 mm long, not persistent. Stamens 8. Ovary sparsely pubescent.
Capsule 3-winged, 7.5–10.5 mm long, 13.5–22.5 mm wide, glabrous; wings 4.5–8 mm wide, membranous.
Distribution and occurrence: Usually grows in dry sclerophyll forest or on margins of rainforest usually on sandstone; not common, north from Wollemi N.P.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by P. G. Wilson & J. A. Scott
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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