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6th March 2009, 01:38 PM #1
Tree ID
Loml and I watched the film "Australia" last evening.It was mildly interesting, but what caught my attention were the very strange looking trees shown out in the bush. They have almost bulbuous bases, then smaller branches going out almost vertically.
Anyone know just what the name is?Cheers,
Ed
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6th March 2009, 01:47 PM #2
If you're talking about these trees Ed, they're called Boab trees. For more information click here.Last edited by Grumpy John; 6th March 2009 at 01:53 PM. Reason: Added photo
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6th March 2009, 01:58 PM #3
Yeah, John they's the ones. Are the good for turning stock or used in flatwork?
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Ed
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6th March 2009, 02:05 PM #4
I aways thought they were hollow inside but I could be wrong
I do know the were used as jails back in the day.Cheers Rum Pig
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6th March 2009, 02:08 PM #5
To be honest Ed, I don't know, but you'd sure get plenty of blanks for any sort of turning. After revisiting the photos of my trip from Broome to Kununurra I wish I'd packed my chainsaw
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6th March 2009, 03:07 PM #6
Ive tried to get hold of some .its supposed to tuberous with extreme shrinkage
the trouble is ,boabs don't die , Ive seen one with 1800's dates chiseled in to them ( they must be 400+ years ) and no one chops them down , they will sooner place there house in a different position than remove the treehow come a 10mm peg dont fit in a 10mm hole
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6th March 2009, 04:48 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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Boabs are an interesting tree in many respects, not least of which is that there is some thought that the seeds may have been brought to that part of Australia from Africa by traders way back when.
Another theory is concerned with the idea of continental drift. Aus. and Africa were once joined and have drifted apart. That is the reson for the similarity in many of the plant species in Sth. Africa and SW WA.
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6th March 2009, 07:39 PM #8Cheers,
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i may of put this pic up before not sure , but this grandaddy deserves a second look anyway.
no hang on sorry got in trouble last time i posted a pic safer not to dont know how to thumbnail and the pic is 64 k
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7th March 2009, 02:09 AM #10Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
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7th March 2009, 02:42 AM #11Banned
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Elephants x 3 ...?
Is that in one of the animal reserves up in the NT?
I was told that they're called "bottle tree", or at least they look like them. I've seen plenty of them when in the NT and traveling to WA through the kimberlys. I don't think they are much good for turning or any normal timber use as this things are like coconut trees inside. They're like big water sponges, reason why people call them bottle trees. One can survive drinking from these trees, if you know how to get the water out!
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7th March 2009, 08:14 AM #12Skwair2rownd
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Sometimes called "Bottle Trees" Rbtcn although that is a name normally given to several species of trees such as the Illawarra Flame tree, the Kurrajong and the Queensland Lacebark - all Brachychytons. ( Pardon any spelling errors )
There are several beautiful "Bottle trees" in Anzac Square here in Brisbane.
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Coconut palms have very hard "wood" i have seen it milled in Figi. But yes Brachychyton wood is soft and stringy ie full of fibers like palms I supose. I once milled a Canary Island Palm was interesting like fibre reinforced expanded polly styrene, was nearly as stong as pine a 6" x 1" 2m long would suport me.
I have heard of Bottle trees being felled so the cattle could eat the "wood".
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