Brachychiton australis, commonly known as the broad-leaved bottle tree, is a small tree of the genus Brachychiton found in eastern Australia . It was originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae. (Schott & Endl.)more...
The botanical name for the coconut is cocos nucifera , with cocos believed to come from Spanish, meaning “monkey-faced” or “eerie-faced” and nucifera from Latin meaning nut-bearing plant (from fero = I bear and nux-nucis = nut). It’s nut, perhaps bearing three germinamore...