Elephant Apple Exotic Tree - Dillenia Indica - 5 Seeds Butternut

Elephant Apple Exotic Tree - Dillenia Indica - 5 Seeds ButternutDillenia indica is a species of Dillenia native to south eastern Asia, from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka east to south western China (Yunnan) and Vietnam, and south through Thailand to Malaysia and Indonesia. It is an evergreen large shrub or small to medium sized tree growing to 15 m tall. The leaves are 15 to 36 cm long, with a conspicuously corrugated surface with impressed veins. Its branches are used to make good firewood. The flowers are

Description - A great culinary herb

As with most brachychiton this species is adaptable and can grow in the garden or in a tub on a patio or balcony or indoors until its size makes this impractical and is an interesting bonsai subject

The russet-brown skin of the fruits is densely covered with short

or left on the plants to mature and harvest the mature creamy white seeds

Bears creamy-white saucer like flowers in winter

It is cylindrical or conical with a flat surface and green-grey coloration

the deciduous leaves are very long

Slippery footing at the pitchers' rim

Frost free areas – Yes

Its natural habitat is riverbanks and swamps

chinense is grown in the south of China

30cm sprawling shrublet