What's this Tree?

The red flowers in the photo clinch it. More info here.

Cheers

Thanks Mick, and Val,

The forum proves, once again, to be more useful than one's library (which is packed away, at the moment).

Google also gives some good info, and photos. There is also a link to some skin care "stuff", that is made in Australia, if anyone is interested.

Seems like there are a lot more trees than the sign suggests, eh.
Thanks,
Bob.

Phil, I think what looks like a vine are actually the flower stalks. In one or two places you can see where they join upright branches.

Cheers,

Val

Thanks Val,
I see what you mean
Cheers
Phil

Yes the silky pear/bush banana (Marsdenia australis) is a climber/vine so appears not to be the plant in question which looks like a tree.

silky pear (Marsdenia australis)

By pure coincidence just the other day when in Kalgoorlie I found some and lucky for me I had a botanist at hand who identified them. They also pointed out that Kalgoorlie takes its name from the aboriginal word, Karlkurla, meaning "place of the silky pears".

Cheers
Greg

Thanks Phil,

Some of those Sausage Tree pods are similar in shape to the Bush Bananas in your photo, but most appear to grow much bigger. The specimens I saw in Brisbane would have been up to 300-400mm long, and all that fawn/beigey colour.

Only ever saw Bush Bananas once in the bush, in East Kimberly. Was out mustering with an Aboriginal bloke, who stopped, and picked some off a vine. When I queried what they were, he said Bush Banana. Must have been pretty good, or he was more hungry than I, because he didn't offer to share! That would have been in late '60's or '70's.

Bob.

Thanks Stanley,

Yeah, reckoned that I'd find out on this forum. When I googled Kigella, after Mick's post, had a look at the Tradewinds site, and put it in favourites for 'Ron.

It's a wonder they are not more common, because they are a beautiful shade tree.

Bob.