Brachychiton megaphyllus (Red-flowering Kurrajong)

Brachychiton megaphyllus fruit

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Brachychiton megaphyllus leaves and fruit

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PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Brachychiton megaphyllus in Australia

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Common Name
Red-flowering Kurrajong

Description
The Red-flowering Kurrajong is a tree or large shrub growing to 8 m tall. The leaves are large, round with heart shaped base, or three lobed, and grow 15 cm to 25 cm long and 15 cm to 25 cm wide. The plant is deciduous, and flowers during the dry season when the tree is bare. The flowers are orange-red, bell-shaped, with 5 partially fused petals, and about 2.5 cm to 5 cm in diameter. The seed pods are brown in colour, boat-shaped, and grow about 9 cm long and 4 cm wide.

Habitat
open eucalypt woodland

Distribution
The Red-flowering Kurrajong is found in the north of the Northern Territory.

Growth Characteristics
Spread: 2m - 8m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	megaphyllus
Common Name:	Red-flowering Kurrajong

Relatives in same Genus
  Brachychiton acerifolius
  Brachychiton australis
  Brachychiton bidwillii
  Brachychiton compactus
  Brachychiton discolor
  Brachychiton gregorii
  Brachychiton muellerianus
  Brachychiton populneus
  Brachychiton rupestris