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Brachychiton populneus

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squeezing the wood. There are also records of the seed pods being turned into a children's rattle or toy. The soft spongy wood was used for making shields, and the bark as a fibre. The leaves are also used as emergency fodder for drought-affected animal stock. There are also records of European settlers using the seeds as a coffee supplement by roasting and crushing the seeds.
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near Sydney, and the bark was used for twine and fishing lines. The extended trunk is a water storage device for survival in a warm dry climate. The bell-shaped flowers are variable in colour (pale to pink), while the leaves vary considerably in shape. The leaves are either simple and pointed, or may
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The kurrajong has multiple uses and was used by many Australian Aboriginal clans and tribes around Australia. The seeds located in a seed pod were often removed, cleaned of the fine hairs within the seed pod, and roasted. Water could be obtained from the tree roots by boring a hole in the trunk and
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but to members of other genera around the world. The kurrajong has been recorded as a host plant for the mistletoe species
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is also referred to as the lacebark kurrajong, and bottle tree is a term commonly applied not only to other species of
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is also known by the names "lacebark kurrajong" and "bottle tree" (USA). However,
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be 3–9 lobed. Saplings grow from a drought and fire-resistant tap-rooted
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in a diversity of habitats from wetter coastal districts to
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Horticulturists have hybridised the kurrajong with related
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were the indigenous names of trees in the foothills of the
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Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia
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NSW
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Malvales
Malvaceae
Brachychiton
Binomial name
R.Br.
tree
Australia
semi-arid
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
Blue Mountains
tuber
ornamental tree
South Africa
Louisiana
California
Arizona
Mediterranean
Western Australia
invasive

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