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25.01.2022 The Kauri Pine (Agathis robusta) is a tall, narrow Queensland pine, with glossy leaves and a smooth bark. The new leaves are lighter almost pale orange in colour. This pine originates from drier rainforests of Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Not to be confused with the NZ Kauri (Agathis australis) #australiannatives
23.01.2022 Harpullia pendula (Tulipwood) is a small to medium rainforest tree, native to the drier, coastal rainforests of northern NSW and QLD. It is a beautiful tree with small green flowers and bright orange fruit, which are paired and joined in the middle. They split open in the late winter to early spring to reveal large black, glossy seeds. #australiannatives,
20.01.2022 The Queensland Bottle Tree or Brachychiton rupestris is named the bottle tree due to its swollen ‘bottle-shaped’ trunk, which can reach up to a 2m in diameter, similar to a baobab. The tree is extremely drought tolerant and slow-growing. It is often planted in parks and gardens as a feature tree. In cooler areas the tree becomes semi-deciduous.
20.01.2022 Buckinghamia celsissima commonly known as the Ivory Curl Tree is a beautiful, small rainforest tree with spikes of creamy white, fragrant flowers in summer to autumn. The leaves are variable in shape as shown in the images. #australiannativeflowers #flowers
16.01.2022 The Red Cedar tree, also known as Toona ciliata is a large, fast-growing rainforest tree with a large, buttress base. It was a highly valuable fragrant timber, with a rich, red grain. It was once a common tree along the eastern coast of Australia, but was extensively logged since European settlement.
09.01.2022 The exotic Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) is an iconic tree when it is cover in bell-shaped mauve flowers in spring. It is originally from Brazil, but is grown world-wide including the temperate to tropical regions of Australia. It is semi-deciduous tree with fern-like leaves that turn yellow in autumn. It loses almost all of its leaves in winter depending on the location how sheltered the site is. #floweringtree #springflowers
08.01.2022 Melaleuca leucadendron is also known as Weeping Paperbark has thick, spongy, creamy white papery bark and long, bright green, drooping leaves. Masses of cream flowers are wildlife attracting. It is a beautiful shade tree growing commonly across Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. #australiannativeflowers
05.01.2022 Licuala ramsayi (Australian Fan Palm) is a beautiful, circular fan palm tree growing in the rainforests and tropical areas of Queensland. It can grow up to 15m high and the leaves can grow up to 2m in diameter. #australiannatives #australiantropics
05.01.2022 The Grevillea robusta (Silky Oak) is a fast-growing, semi-evergreen tree with an amazing display of ‘toothbrush style’ golden flowers in Spring. Originally from subtropical regions of NSW and QLD, it is now commonly grown across Australia and the world. In some parts of NSW it is considered a weed due to its hardy, adaptable nature. #australiannativeflowers
04.01.2022 The fruit on this Flindersia australis (Crows Ash or Australian Teak) are very unusual as you can see in the image. They are woody, oblong, about 10cm long and are covered in stout, blunt spikes. When mature they open into 5 parts to let winged seeds escape. It is native to coastal and subtropical rainforests in NSW and QLD. #Australiannatives, #australiancrafts, #australianmade
04.01.2022 The Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum) is a small rainforest tree and is not related to the exotic form. In spring, clusters of highly fragrant, creamy white flower appear in amongst the dark, green glossy leaves. The flowers turn yellow with age. #australiannativeflowers
03.01.2022 Podocarpus elatus is also known as is also known as Illawarra Plum, Daalgaal, Goongum or Plum Pine. This is an attractive rainforest tree found growing along the eastern coast of Australia. The tree doesn’t produce flowers, but it does produce fleshy fruit on separate male and female trees. The fruit was a common bush tucker food amongst the Aboriginal people and early settlers in some areas. #australianbushtucker
