Didymocheton rufus is a rainforest tree in the family Meliaceae, found in eastern Australia.

[2][3] The specific epithet rufus refers to the rusty red of the leaf, fruit and flower hairs of this species.

[citation needed] Didymocheton rufus is known variously by the common names Australian mahogany, bastard pencil cedar, false rosewood, hairy rosewood, rusty mahogany, red bean, red heart, and rusty bean.

[4] Though it reaches 40 metres tall with a stem diameter of 90 cm at Murray Scrub.

Pleasantly scented white flowers form on panicles from December to February.

Regeneration from fresh seed is relatively swift and reliable, taking as little as three weeks.