Malvaceae
Flame bottletree
Brachychiton acerifolius
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Brachychiton
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- قصير الغلالة قيقبي الورق
- arz
- استركوليا اسيريفوليا
- Chinese
- 槭叶酒瓶树, 槭葉酒瓶樹, 槭叶火焰木
- English
- Flame bottletree, Illawarra flame tree, Brachychiton, Flame tree, Kurrajong, Lacebark tree
- Greek
- Βραχυχίτων ο σφενδαμνόφυλλος
- Hungarian
- Juharlevelű lángfa, Ausztrál palacktörzsű lángfa
- Korean
- 단풍잎병나무
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flammetre
- Spanish
- Arbol de fuego, Arbol de la llama, Arbol de las llamas, Braquiquito rojo, Esterculea, Árbol de fuego, Árbol de la llama, Árbol de las llamas
Synonyms
- Brachychiton acerifolius var. typicum Terrac.
- Clompanus acerifolia (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) Kuntze
- Sterculia acerifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don
Photos
Photo: Tatiana Gerus from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gerus, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.