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Brachychiton acuminatus

Brachychiton acuminatus
Photo: Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Brachychiton acuminatus is a tree from the seasonally dry tropics of northwestern Australia, grown mainly in warm, frost-free gardens. It needs full sun and good drainage, and tolerates dry conditions once established.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during the growing season and allow the soil to dry between waterings; reduce watering in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect young plants below 5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
NW. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Brachychiton acuminatus is a tree of the genus Brachychiton found in northwestern Australia. It was described in 1988.

Other Brachychiton plants

Illawarra Flame Tree · Brachychiton albidus · Broadleaf Bottletree · Little Kurrajong · Kurrajong · Brachychiton chrysocarpus · Brachychiton compactus · Pink flame tree · Northern Kurrajong · Brachychiton fitzgeraldianus · Brachychiton garrawayae · Coen Kurrajong

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachychiton acuminatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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