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Peanut Tree | Red-Fruited Kurrajong – sterculia quadrifida

Posted on November 09th, 2009 in Nut Trees

Peanut Tree – Sterculia quadrifida, also known as Red-Fruited Kurrajong and Bush Peanut, is a fine-looking, small to medium sized, bushy, fast growing and highly ornamental rain-forest tree, indigenous to Northern Australia. It is a semi-deciduous plant or deciduous in cool regions in late winter. Sterculia quadrifida is a member of the family Malvaceae the genus Sterculia.

The Peanut Tree is worthy of growing only in warm, frost-free climates. It is a great shade or specimen tree. It commonly grows to a height of 5 -15 metes and having a spreading canopy habit.

Leaves of the Peanut Tree are alternate, dark green above and lighter below, broad, and oval to heart-shaped, 5-15 cm long 4-8 cm wide. Lemon scented creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers are born in small bundles during springtime.

Fruit is produced, throughout summertime, in clusters of large, leathery, boat-shaped pods that turn orange on the exterior and bright orange-red on the interior when ripe, to display large, silky and blue-black, up to eight, edible nuts (seeds). They can be consumed raw or roasted and taste like raw peanuts, hence the name.

Tree propagation is by seed. A tropical to sub-tropical climate and a free draining soil is a must. Sterculia quadrifida is a drought tolerant, picturesque and hardy plant suited for most gardens.

Peanut Tree – Sterculia quadrifida

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