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BOTTLE TREE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Bottle Tree
Other Names
Narrowleaf Bottle Tree, Kurrajong, Queensland Bottle Tree
Description
The Bottle Tree is a tree growing to 20 m tall (usually between 5 m and 10 m). The trunk is often bottle shaped in mature trees, with dark grey bark that develops fissures and tessellations. The adult leaves are narrow and grow 4 cm to 13 cm long and 0.5 cm to 2 cm wide. Juvenile leaves are simple narrow or deeply lobed with 3 to 9 lobes. The tree is deciduous and sheds its leaves before flowering. It flowers in spring and summer between October and December. The flowers are bell-shaped, with 5 partially fused petals. They are cream or yellowish in colour with pink to red markings along inside of each lobe, and about 1 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter. The seed pods are boat-shaped, and grow about 2 cm to 3 cm long.
Habitat
rainforest
Distribution
The Bottle Tree is found in central east and south east Queensland, and northern New South Wales.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 10m - 20m
Spread: 5m - 15m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Malvales | | Family: | Malvaceae | | Genus: | Brachychiton | | Species: | rupestris | | Common Name: | Bottle Tree |
Relatives in same Genus
Brachychiton acerifolius
Brachychiton australis
Brachychiton bidwillii
Brachychiton compactus
Brachychiton discolor
Brachychiton gregorii
Brachychiton megaphyllus
Brachychiton muellerianus
Brachychiton populneus
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