New South Wales Christmas Bush

Ceratopetalum gummiferum

Location: Sydney Royal Botanic Garden
Location: Sydney Royal Botanic Garden

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, セラトペタルム, ケラトペタラム, クリスマスブッシュ, Christmas bush, Ceratopetalum
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.

Common name: New South Wales Christmas bush,
Scientific name: Ceratopetalum gummiferum,
Aka: Christmas bush, Ceratopetalum,
Tree height: 6 - 10 m,
Leaf shape: Sande compound leaf, leaflet shape: oblong shape, Leaf inflorescence: opposite, leaf edge: fine saw blade,
Flowering period: May to July (in Japan), Flower diameter: 1 cm, flower color: white.