Scientific Name: Banksia serrata

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  • Pronunciation:
    BANKS-ee-ah ser-RAH-tah
  • Common Name:
    Red Honeysuckle
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    PROTEACEAE
  • Status:
    Uncommon
  • Flowers:
    brushes to 16 x 13cm, summer to winter
  • Fruit:
    Persistent woody cones
  • Flowers Color:
    Yellow
  • Fruit Color:
    Brown
  • Vegetation Type:
    Coastal heath - dry areas including sand dunes
  • 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

Very similar to Banksia aemula. Flower style tips on B. aemula are conical in contrast to B. serrata which has cylindrical style tips

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Fiery jewel.