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Brachychiton populneus

(Schott.&Endl.) R.Br.
Tracheophyta » Malvales » Malvaceae » Brachychiton populneus
Common name (English)
Kurrajong; Bottle-tree
Ηabitat
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X21 Archaeological
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X10 Mixed landscapes

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Widely planted (e.g. in Nicosia) but no true naturalization so far, only young plants to be found here and there.

 

First detection year
1878

Valuable shade tree - seeds are reputedly injurious to stock but foliage innocuous and a useful fodder tree.

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

According to the Forestry Department it was introduced around the end of the period of Anglocracy (1878-1959).

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Flora of Cyprus (2022) https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0f75af7a-853d-4f30-91b6-f85b9fbcdedc (accessed 28/11/2022)

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