Australian peanut -Sterculia quadrifida

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Australian peanut -Sterculia quadrifida

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Has anybody here tried to bonsai one of these? Know if they are suitable? I picked one up resently.

"This tree produces leathery, boat-shaped pods that ripen throughout summer. They split open to display a beautiful bright red interior that contains shiny, black, peanut-sized seeds which have a delicious, nutty flavour. It is a fast growing highly ornamental rainforest tree. Indigenous Australians ate the nuts both raw and roasted and used the fibrous bark to make nets."
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beanwagon wrote: Indigenous Australians ate the nuts both raw and roasted and used the fibrous bark to make nets."
Hello Beanwagon,
Never heard of it before now, sorry.
But thanks for the Australiana story to conclude. I wonder how they roasted the nuts?
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I am not sure. I picked one of these tree's up recently to tey and bonsai. I will post my progress/attempt here.
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Post by fossil finder »

I have grown these before in reveg projects although not as a bonsai. Pretty tough, smallish and fast so I would think they are worth trying.

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fossil finder wrote:I have grown these before in reveg projects although not as a bonsai. Pretty tough, smallish and fast so I would think they are worth trying.

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Post by Booyong RC »

hey there i have a native rainforest nursery on the north coast of NSW and i have too just started to experement with peanut tree.
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