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Brachychiton rupestris - Queensland Bottle Tree Trunk


Brachychiton rupestris - Queensland Bottle Tree Trunk

Queensland Bottle Tree Trunk...this is still a baby.



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Do those vertical 'stripes' appear as the trunk swells?

29 Oct, 2008

 

No, what happens is where you see it stretching...it will eventually split and the trunk is usually hallow. I will post a picture in the future of one that has a very large trunk that is hallow. A person could almost live in it. LOL.

30 Oct, 2008



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