Photo of Plantae: Hairy Bird's Eye (species: Alectryon tomentosus) (Gaia Guide)

Hairy Bird's Eye (Alectryon tomentosus)

© Tatters ❀ on Flickr

It is one of the few australian rainforest trees to fruit heavily in winter "The fruit is a brown hairy capsule, 1-3 lobed, opening to reveal the red aril and shiny black (seeds). The red fleshy aril is edible. The photo taken in Brisbane.

Photo taken on 23 Sep 2008

Photograph location coordinates are -27.553785:152.91922.