Stenocarpus sinuatus
Firewheel tree · also White beefwood, Queensland firewheel tree, Tulip flower
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Stenocarpus sinuatus, also known as the firewheel tree, is an Australian rainforest tree. It features dark glossy green leaves and unusual, showy, pinwheel-like flowers. Once established, this evergreen tree is durable and can also be cultivated as an indoor plant.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 170.00%35 yr7.5 in
- 50.00%—1.9 in
- 10.00%—3.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Sep, Oct, Nov
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.5 in, mean 4.5 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Queensland tropical rain forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
Other Stenocarpus in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
