[4][5] One Australian species, D. australis is grown as a street tree in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, principally Lismore and is known locally as the native tamarind.

However, the tree, as a seedling, is readily available from nurseries in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, and in south-eastern Queensland.

The small-leaved tamarind grows to 30 metres and has a compact canopy, making it good to use as a screening tree.

[citation needed] The species currently known as D. australis was the first that European scientists collected specimens of, for instance botanist Robert Brown in 1804.

[1][6] Before formal naming, this species was grown up to a flowering tree in a glasshouse in Kew gardens, UK.

[5] Harden and Johnson clarified that D. australis legitimately has support as the correct name, for this type species.