Little Kurrajong - Brachychiton bidwillii

Of all of the Kurrajong trees (Brachychiton genus) that are cultivated in Spain this is the one that I have seen the least. The images in this post are from a few trees that I found at the "Molino de Inca" botanical park in Torremolinos, Spain.

The flowers of the Little Kurrajong are similar to those of the "Lacebark Kurrajong" (also called the Pink Flame Tree). This tree had no leaves on it when I took these pictures which leads me to think that they drop their leaves when in flower much like the Illawara Flame tree (B. acerifolius).

The flowers grew in tight little clusters alone the branches with the biggest clusters occuring at the ends of the branches. One little curiosity was the flowers that were growing right out of the trunk at the base of the tree (below).

All of the trees that I saw had a significant bulge at the base right close to the ground (above).

In the image below you can see the seed pod of the Little Kurrajong which is very similar to the rest of the Kurrajong species. The one in this picture has dropped all of the seeds that it contained.