Ivory Curl Tree –Buckinghamia celsissima, roadside, Eagle Heights.
The tree is endemic to the tropical rainforest of northeastern Queensland, at altitudes from 200 to 1,000 m.
It can grow to thirty metres tall.
What is remarkable about this photo is that the flower was out in Winter, in June 2025, whereas flowering normally takes place in late Summer and early Autumn, when the tree is densely covered by showy cream-coloured flowers.
The host tree for the unseasonal flower is about fifteen metres high.
True to type, it flowers abundantly in due season, exuding a sweet, heady aroma.
The ivory curl tree has become a popular planting far beyond its natural range, growing as far south as Sydney and Melbourne, where it only reaches some seven to eight metres tall.
