215 Black Bean (Castanospermum australe) - 5″ × 7″ Blank Greeting Card With Envelope

Item Decription

One blank card printed on 300gsm cardstock, with envelope.
125 mm x 178 mm folded. This is essentially 5″ × 7″, which is 127 mm x 178 mm.
The included envelope is 185 mm x 130 mm.

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Botanical Information:

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Castanospermum
Species: australe

Meaning of name:
Castanospermum is from Latin: castanea, chestnut; and Greek: sperma, seed. A reference to the chestnut-like seed
australe is from Latin: australe, southern. A reference to its southern hemisphere location

Castanospermum australe is the only species in the genus Castanospermum. Its native habitat is the coastal rainforests and beaches along the coast from northern New South Wales around Lismore, up to the Cape York Peninsula at the tip of Queensland. It also extends inland some 160 km west to the Bunya Mountains in southern Queensland.

Common names are the Black Bean and the Moreton Bay Chestnut. The tree can reach 40 m at maturity and develop a dense, rounded canopy with a spread of 4 m to 8 m. It is an ideal shade tree in parks and gardens and its extensive root system helps stabilise river banks from erosion.

The 4 cm long red and yellow flowers appear in mid to late spring, followd by large pods up to 20 cm long by about 5 cm wide. Each pod contains 3 to 5 large bean like seeds weighing around 30 g each.