WorldFloraDB - Cochlospermum fraseri

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows up to 6 m high. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves have 2 lobes at the base. The blade is 5-10 cm long by 7-15 cm wide. It has 3-7 broad lobes which vary in shape. The edges of the leaf have shallow teeth. The leaf stalk is 6-13 cm long. The flowers are large and yellow. They are 5.5-8 cm across. They occur at the ends of branches in bunches 30 cm long. The fruit is a smooth long woody capsule. It is 5.5-8 cm long by 3.5-4 cm wide. It is brown and splits when ripe. There are many seeds which are kidney shaped. These are amongst a mass of cotton fibres.

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Shrub or tree to 6 m. Branchlets velvety to subglabrous. Leaves 3–7-lobed up to ½ length, glabrous or velvety; lamina mostly 5–10 cm long, 7–15 cm wide, cordate at base; lobes ovate, often broad and shallow, rounded, crenate to almost entire; petiole 6–13 cm long; stipules 1–2 mm long. Inflorescence up to 30 cm long; bracts scale-like. Flowers 5.5–8 cm diam. Sepals ovate, strigose to glabrous, the outer 7–10 mm long, 4–7 mm wide, the inner 10–16 mm long, 6–15 mm wide. Petals 3–4 cm long. Staminal filaments yellow; anthers 2–3.5 mm long; basal pores small or none. Capsule ovoid, 5.5–8 cm long.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows as an understorey plant in open forest. It needs well-drained soil. It grows in the tropics in Australia. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.

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Found in a variety of habitats.

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Usage

The fattened roots or tubers of young plants are eaten. Flowers are eaten raw or cooked.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	flowers roots
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Cultivation

It can be grown from seed. Seed take 1-3 months to germinate. They can also be grown from tubers. Tubers produce a number of shoots.

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