Scientific Name: Brachychiton discolor

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  • Pronunciation:
    brack-ee-KY- ton DIS-colour
  • Common Name:
    Scrub Bottle Tree, Kurrajong.
  • Derivation:
    Brachychiton: Gr. brachys - short, Gr. chiton - coat of mail or tunic (refers to coating of short massed hairs over seeds)||discolour: L. dis - unlike (refers to different colours above and below leaf)
  • Type:
    Tree Medium
  • Family:
    STERCULIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Pink, monoecious, November to January
  • Fruit:
    Brown follicle, densely hairy/downy , boat-shaped
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry rainforest and occasionally StRF
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Upper Yandina Creek, Kin Kin Arboretum, RE 12.11.10. RE 12.12.16.
Cultural Notes

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

Bush food: Seeds eaten raw or roasted.

Identification Notes

Trunk: Green upper trunk. Slightly swollen trunk. Bark grey/brown, fissured, greenish in crevices ||Branchlets brown and smooth but becoming hairy towards ends ||Stipules inconspicuous. ||Leaves large, broad lobed and deciduous. ||

Landscaping Notes

Pink Lacebark is similar in many ways to Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) but flowers larger, woolly and pink. They drop soon after opening.||Propagate and cultivate as for Flame Tree with which it hybridises readily.||Copes with seasonal dryness.||