Brachychiton australis (Broad-leaved Bottle Tree)

Brachychiton australis foliage, Mt Archer National Park, Central Queensland

Photograph by Mark Marathon. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Brachychiton australis habit, Mt Archer National Park, Central Queensland

Photograph by Mark Marathon. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Brachychiton australis in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Common Name
Broad-leaved Bottle Tree

Other Names
Large Leaved Bottletree

Description
The Broad-leaved Bottle Tree is a rainforest tree growing to 15 m tall, usually much smaller in cultivation. The leaves are lobed with 4 to 9 lobes, and grow 8 cm to 18 cm long and 12 cm to 20 cm wide. It loses its leaves in winter between June and August. The flowers are cream, bell-shaped, with 5 partially fused petals, and about 2 cm long. The seed pods grow about 7 cm to 11 cm long and 3 cm to 4 cm wide.

Habitat
rainforest

Distribution
The Broad-leaved Bottle Tree is found in eastern Queensland.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 5m - 15m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	australis
Common Name:	Broad-leaved Bottle Tree

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