Brachychiton multicaulis Guymer

Scientific Description

Tree, with hairy stems. Leaves 95-185 mm long, 80-125 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous), Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth of one whorl only (the visible whorl is a calyx, sometimes petaloid). Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx green, 35 mm long, the lobes fused half or more of their length, Sessile glands absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent. Fruits indehiscent and splitting into sections (schizocarps), length-width ratio at least 1.5 times as long as wide, mericarps smooth, hairs and scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx deciduous before maturity, not accrescent; carpels 5; seeds per loculus 2-4 or ≥5. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Ord-Victorian-Plain.