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Level of Significance

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Age (approx)

?yrs

Trees

0

Diameter

0.6m

Height - 5m

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Details

Common name
Wigandia caracasana
Botanical name
Wigandia caracasana
Type
Specimen
Condition
Dead
Municipality
Moyne (VIC)
Location
Koroit Botanic Gardens, High Street, Koroit VIC 3282
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
Date of measurement
01 Jan 1986
Date of classification
13 Mar 1986

Statement of Significance

A native of Venezuela and Colombia, it is a tree rare in cultivation in Victoria, grown largely for its large juvenile leaves. A very large specimen is growing in Geelong Botanic Gardens (Classified), 2 at Warnambool (Town Hall Park) and 2 in Portland Botanic Gardens. Two smaller trees are growing in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. This tree is showing signs of age and neglect and has a large basal cavity. <BR><BR>This tree died in 1998 and was removed.