Sterculia quadrifida

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Common name: Red-fruited Kurrajong, Peanut Tree

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)

Distribution: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Evergreen tree

Comments: Distribution - occurs in rainforests, vine thickets and gallery forests of northern Australia and down the east coast to northern New South Wales. Aboriginal people heated the leaves and made a poultice for marine and insect stings and a bark infusion was used to treat eye disorders.

1: bed 16 • Accession: A2015-1854 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild
2: bed 246 • Accession: A2007-0058 • Provenance: Wild
3: bed 252 • Accession: A2007-0058 • Provenance: Wild
4: bed 257 • Accession: A2007-0058/2 • Provenance: Wild
5: bed 257 • Accession: A2015-1854/2 • Origin: Australia • Provenance: Wild

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Sterculia quadrifida

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