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Buckinghamia celsissima

Image of Buckinghamia

(Ivory curl tree)

FAMILY

Proteaceae

Species

Buckinghamia celsissima

Common name

Ivory curl tree

Flower colour; life form

White; tree

Campus

Cairns, Townsville

Description

This north Queensland native is often grown as a street tree. The juvenile leaves are deeply divided but adult leaves are undivided. The white flowers, that have a hooked style when in bud, are borne in a long spike. The fruit is a small dark brown follicle containing flat winged seeds. Flowers in summer. Planted in various areas but common near the A2 carpark in Cairns.