Commersonia bartramia (STERCULIACEAE); Brown kurrajong Commersonia bartramia Bruce Noble © 2002 Medium tree to 20m in subtropical, dry and riverine rainforest. From Bellinger River, NSW to Cape York, QLD and Malaysia. Flowers are small, white and in dense clusters from December-February. Fruit is a brown, hairy capsule covered with soft bristles splitting into five segments. Ripe March-June. Useful in the garden; it has a pyramidal shape with horizontal layered branches. It is very ornamental when in flower. Not edible. Propagate from fresh seed and cuttings. Aborigines made a fibre from the bark of this plant for use in fish and kangaroo netting. It is sometimes called scrub christmas tree due to the masses of white flowers which appear around late December which make the plant look like it has snow covered branches. Commersonia bartramia flowers - Paul Donatiu © 2002         © 2007 Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network PO Box 3015 South Brisbane Qld 4101 Email: ask@brisrain.webcentral.com.au Privacy and disclaimer