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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.
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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
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