Commersonia fraseri
Brush Kurrajong
a perennial woody member of the Commersonia genus in the family Sterculiaceae.
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Genus
- Commersonia
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Woodiness
- woody
- Height
- 6 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Material uses
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The fibrous bark is used for making cordage, netting, weaving etc[1]. The plant is used to make a screening hedge in Australia[1].
Environment
- Range
- Australia - Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
- Habitat
- River banks, near rainforests, on more fertile cleared land[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Cultivation
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This species is hardy to about -7° c in Australian gardens, though this cannot be translated as hardiness in British gardens due to our cooler summers and longer, colder and wetter winters[1]. Plants are shade-tolerant in Australia[1]. 154
References
Ewart. A. J. Flora of Victoria.
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001