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Brachychiton (Brachychiton populneus, Bottletree) occurs as genus of 31 species of trees and big shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, by using Thirty coinage), & New Guinea (one mintage). It develop to Four-30 m tall, & come dry-year deciduous. Many metal money (though non totally) come pachycaul plants with the super stout stem for their overall size, utilized to store a body of water in the period of periods of drought. A leaves are variable, from either stallion to deeply palmately lobate sustaining yearn slender leaflet-rather lobes joined lone best at a base; size ranges from Four-20 cm hanker & wide.

A title Brachychiton comes from either a Greek brachys, short, and chiton, tunic, inside on to its overlapping scales.

;Selected species Brachychiton acerifolius - Flame Currajong, (Known in the area when Illawara Flame Tree) Brachychiton australis - Broad-leaved Bottletree Brachychiton bidwillii Brachychiton discolor - Scrub Bottletree Brachychiton gregorii - Desert Kurrajong Brachychiton paradoxus Brachychiton populneus - Kurrajong Brachychiton rupestris - Queensland Bottletree

Brachychiton acerifolium
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Brachychiton acerifolium
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Brachychiton discolor







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