Thursday, 28 January 2016

Embothrium coccineum


  • Common Name - Chilean firebush
  • Botanical Name - Embothrium coccineum
  • Family - Proteaceae
  • Bud - alternate
  • Stem/Bark - grey, lightly fissured
  • Leaf - simple, lanceolate shape, rounded apex, acute base, entire margins
  • Flower - orange tubular corolla, flowers clustered, April - May
  • Fruit - follicle
  • Habit - upright
  • Form - globose
  • Size - 4-15 m
  • Culture - full sun, well drained soil
  • Use - specimen plant 

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