CAT-00113
Queensland bottle tree
Brachychiton rupestris
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Brachychiton
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Nut / seed
- Latin name
- Brachychiton rupestris
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Queensland bottle tree
- Source URLs
- https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/7/2755; https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/brachychiton_rupestris.htm Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00113
- Mature width
- Not confirmed; allow spread appropriate to growth habit
- Native range
- Queensland dry forest and woodland.
- Plant family
- Malvaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Regional / traditional food plant
- Mature height
- Not confirmed; habit described in brief description
- Native states
- QLD
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Published food use; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Follicles after flowering.
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Cleaned roasted seeds
- Flowering season
- Spring in Australian Native Plants Society guidance.
- Brief description
- Drought-adapted tree with a swollen bottle-shaped trunk.
- Drought tolerance
- High once established.
- Preparation notes
- Seeds need irritating hairs removed and verified roasting/preparation; use gloves.
- Flower description
- Small cream bell-shaped flowers with pink-red markings inside, in open clusters.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Good spacious-site prospect in sun and drainage; eventual trunk and crown need room.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Woody follicles with hairy seeds; seeds require careful processing.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded