Botanical Name:Buckinghamia celsissima

Stem:Oak grain in the wood and a corresponding pattern in the inner blaze.
Fruit:Follicles about 1.5-3 cm long. Seeds flat with a narrow marginal wing.
Natural History:Food plant for the larval stages of the Cornelian Butterfly. Common & Waterhouse (1981).

Widely cultivated in a variety of situations from street trees to gardens and known for the ease of culture, the good form and the mass flowerings it produces.Produces a useful general purpose timber with a conspicuous oak grain.


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