New South Wales Christmas Bush

Ceratopetalum gummiferum

  • New South Wales Christmas Bush
  • New South Wales Christmas Bush
  • New South Wales Christmas Bush
  • New South Wales Christmas Bush
  • Flower name
    New South Wales Christmas Bush
  • Scientific name
    Ceratopetalum gummiferum
  • AliasCeratopetalum gummiferum, New South Wales Christmas bush, サマークリスマスブッシュ
  • Place of originNew South Wales, Australia
  • Place of floweringGarden, Specific area
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July

What is New South Wales Christmas Bush

New South Wales Christmas Bush( scientific name: Ceratopetalum gummiferum) is an evergreen mid-high tree of thefamily Cunoniaceae from New South Wales, Australia. Like summer Christmas, in Australia, from spring to summer (November to January), a lot of small white five-petals bloom from the tip of the branch. In Australia in the southern hemisphere and Japan in the northern hemisphere, the four seasons are the opposite, so it blooms in the summer of Australia, that is, late autumn to winter in Japan. After flowering, the buds grow and turn red, and the whole tree is dyed red during the Christmas season.

Generic name: New South Wales Christmas bush, scientific name: Ceratopetalum gummiferum, alias: Christmas bush , Ceratopetalum, tree height: 6 - 10 m, leaf shape: Sande compound leaf, leaflet shape: oblong shape, inflorescence: opposite, leaf edge: fine saw blade, flower diameter: 1 cm, flower color: white, flowering period: May to July (in Japan) Season),


  • Order
    Oxalidales
  • Family
    Cunoniaceae
  • Genus
    Ceratopetalum
  • Species
    C. gummiferum
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    3-fold compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeevergreen mid-high tree
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height600.0 ~ 1000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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