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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Whitsunday Bottle Tree
Description
The Whitsunday Bottle Tree is a tree growing to 15 m tall, but usually between 4 m and 8 m. The leaves are simple tapering to a point, and grow 6 cm to 12 cm long and 3 cm to 5 cm wide. Juvenile are palm-shaped with narrow pointed fingers. The bell-shaped flowers are white with pink streaks on the petals, with 5 partially fused petals, and about 15 mm in diameter. The seed pods are brown in colour, boat-shaped, and grow about 4 cm long and 2 cm wide.
Habitat
rainforest
Distribution
The Whitsunday Bottle Tree is found in central eastern Queensland in the Proserpine, Airlie Beach, Whitsundays region.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 4m - 15 m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Malvales | | Family: | Malvaceae | | Genus: | Brachychiton | | Species: | compactus | | Common Name: | Whitsunday Bottle Tree |
Relatives in same Genus
Brachychiton acerifolius
Brachychiton australis
Brachychiton bidwillii
Brachychiton discolor
Brachychiton gregorii
Brachychiton megaphyllus
Brachychiton muellerianus
Brachychiton populneus
Brachychiton rupestris
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