Scientific Name: Banksia serrata

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  • Pronunciation:
    BANKS-ee-ah ser-RAH-tah
  • Common Name:
    Red Honeysuckle
  • Derivation:
    Banksia: for Sir Joseph Banks | serrata: L. serratus - saw-edged (leaves)
  • Type:
    Shrub , tree
  • Family:
    PROTEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Cream
  • Fruit:
    Infructescence woody, massive with up to 30 follicles, valves 2.5-3.5 cm across
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Heath
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Bush medicine, Craft, NNP service road, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island, Marcus Dunes
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food. Flowers dipped in water for sweet drinks, or rolled in hands to lick the nectar. Bush medicine: Coughs and colds - nectar syrup drunk Seed cones used as hair brushes.

Identification Notes

Stigma spindle-shaped

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Fiery jewel.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list. Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||