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Brachychiton muellerianus

Brachychiton muellerianus
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0

Brachychiton muellerianus is a tropical tree from Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, Australia, in the Malvaceae (mallow) family. It is rarely grown outside its native range, and it needs warm, frost-free conditions to thrive.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the wet season and reduce watering in the dry season once established.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland (Cape Prov. York Pen.)
Climate
wet tropical

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Brachychiton muellerianus is a species of Brachychiton found in Queensland, Australia.

Other Brachychiton plants

Illawarra Flame Tree · Brachychiton acuminatus · Brachychiton albidus · Broadleaf Bottletree · Little Kurrajong · Brachychiton carruthersii · Kurrajong · Brachychiton chrysocarpus · Hill Kurrajong · Brachychiton compactus · Pink flame tree · Northern Kurrajong

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachychiton muellerianus 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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