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CEIBA SPECIOSA

Other Name

Floss Silk Tree

Location

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE, BIRDWOOD AVENUE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

File Number

T12542

Level

Regional

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

An individual Ceiba speciosa (Floss Silk Tree) located in the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens at the cafe by the lake.

How is it significant?

The tree is significant for scientific, aesthetic and social reasons at the Regional level.

Why is it significant?

This Silk Floss tree is of aesthetic and social significance as a better than average example of the species and for its contribution to its location in the historic Melbourne Royal botanic Gardens.

The Silk Floss tree species is also of scientific significant as a rarely cultivated species in Victoria, not represented in the Victorian Significant Tree Register prior to this nomination.

Measurements: 31/05/2024

Number of Trees: 1

Spread (m): NS 10.2, EW 10.7

Girth (m):

Height (m): 14.5

Estimated age (yrs): 60

Condition: Good

Access: Unrestricted

Classified: 09/12/2024

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees