Brachychiton populneus
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Based on Georgiades (1995).
Alien: Casual. Widely planted (e.g. in Nicosia) but no true naturalization so far, only young plants to be found here and there.
Valuable shade tree - seeds are reputedly injurious to stock but foliage innocuous and a useful fodder tree.
According to the Forestry Department it was introduced around the end of the period of Anglocracy (1878-1959).
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)