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Brachychiton rupestris (commonly known as the narrow-leaved bottle tree or Queensland bottle tree) is a tree in the family Malvaceae, [a] endemic to Queensland, Australia. Described by Sir Thomas Mitchell and John Lindley in 1848, it earned its name from its bulbous trunk , which can be up to 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter at breast height (DBH).
Brachychiton populneus, commonly known as the kurrajong, [1] is a small to medium-sized tree found naturally in Australia in a diversity of habitats from wetter coastal districts to semi-arid interiors of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau Ormeau bottle tree, juvenile Conservation status Critically endangered (EPBC Act) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Subfamily: Sterculioideae Genus: Brachychiton Species: B. sp. Ormeau Binomial name Brachychiton sp. Ormeau Brachychiton sp. Ormeau is a rare ...
Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch is a ranch near Oro Grande, California. It is a popular stop for people passing by on Route 66. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) ranch was created in 2000 by Elmer Long and has more than 200 bottle trees. [5] It is open from sunrise to sunset and is free to enter. [6]
Bottle tree or bottle-tree may refer to: Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum, (Apocynaceae), of Socotra; Adansonia species, the baobabs; Adansonia gregorii (the boab) Pachypodium lealii, (Apocynaceae), the bottle tree of Namibia and Angola; The genus Moringa, (Moringaceae), of the Madagascar spiny thickets and elsewhere;
Macoboy, S. (1991) What tree is that?, ISBN 1-86302-131-0 Rathie, Kerry (2014) Brachychitons: Flame Trees, Kurrajongs and Bottle Trees ISBN 978-0-646-92681-0 External links
A rolling open landscape provides a spacious setting for clumped tree plantings, individual specimen trees, and an avenue of mature and semi-mature Queensland kauri. [ 1 ] The Sherwood Arboretum is bounded on the west by the Brisbane River and on the south-west by Jolimont and Turner Streets.
The Heroes Avenue of 93 bottle trees (Brachychiton rupestris) was planted by 1920, with the first 27 trees planted on 20 September 1918, [2] and was the initial memorial to those killed in the First World War. Each tree originally bore a brass plaque stating the name of one of the 93 local men who fell during the First World War.