BIGGEST - Bottle tree in Roma, Qld, Australia
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S 26° 34.291 E 148° 47.735
55J E 678836 N 7059767
A narrow leafed bottle tree
Waymark Code: WM14HF2
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 07/11/2021
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The Brachychiton Rupestre or narrow leafed bottle tree is naturally found in the surrounding district, this specimen is 9.51m in circumference, a 6m trunk and 20m crown. The name bottle refers to it's shape not the ability to hold water. They can live for more than two hundred years, some still growing on Mt Abundance were described by explorer Thomas Mitchell in 1846.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Sign
Location of coordinates: Base of tree
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