Native frangipani

Dido [Annabella’s cousin] took a 12 hour sleep and I was very tired but we busied ourselves drawing our flowers and berries.

Thursday 8 August 1844
  View diary entry Excerpt from Annabella’s journal, 8 August 1844
  Zoom Annabella’s watercolour of native frangipani

Hymenosporum flavum

Family

Pittosporaceae

Common name

Native frangipani

The flowers of this small tree are fragrant and cream in colour, ageing to yellow, and are similar to those of the frangipani native to South America, hence its name. It grows in moist conditions and is native to the coastal brush forests of north-eastern Australia.

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