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Brachychiton discolor
Also called Hat Tree, Queensland Lacebark, Brush Kurrajong, Lace Kurrajong, Lacebarktree, Lacewoodtree, Pink Kurrajong
Brachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree from eastern Australia, grown for its pink flowers and lace-like leaves. Give it a sunny, well-drained spot and room to grow, since it can reach 30 metres.
Brachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales (32° S) to Mackay, Queensland (21° S), there is also an isolated community of these trees on Cape York Peninsula in tropical Queensland.
Common names include lacebark tree, lace kurrajong, pink kurrajong, scrub bottle tree, white kurrajong, hat tree and sycamore.
Brachychiton discolor is widely planted as an ornamental tree. The wood is used to make shields by Indigenous Australians. The roasted seeds are edible to humans.
Illawarra Flame Tree · Brachychiton acuminatus · Brachychiton albidus · Broadleaf Bottletree · Little Kurrajong · Kurrajong · Brachychiton chrysocarpus · Brachychiton compactus · Northern Kurrajong · Brachychiton fitzgeraldianus · Brachychiton garrawayae · Coen Kurrajong
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachychiton discolor 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.
