What tree is this?

[Antipodes]

Can anyone help identify this tree please? It has large pinkish/white flowers in spring/summer and now in winter is covered in seed pods. Very attractive to bees.

It is not a native tree here in Tasmania.

 

[enrico]

I took a photo of your photo and put it into Google lense which is brilliant for identifying things. It just referred me to your post on this site so....... A long winded way of saying no idea yet but I will persevere! Are those the fruit.... Nuts... Or flowers?
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[Antipodes]

Thanks Enrico....that's funny.

The tree flowered probably six months ago and so now those pods are what has formed after flowering.

I picked one of the pods up today from the ground and opened it. It was dry and soft revealing some seeds inside, but a fair bit of empty space too.

 

[mintmoth]

Just googling around, is it lemon aspen?

https://aromaticingredients.com.au/products/lemon-aspen-extract

 

[drdrday]

Might be a Princess Tree

 

[Antipodes]

I don't think it's either of those. Hopefully it is not too obscure.

 

[Angry_Mob]

You hardly have any photos of it in flower? Might get better search results.

 

[Antipodes]

Hi AngryM, I've had a really good look and no, I have no photos whatsoever of it in flower unfortunately. It will not flower now until late spring/early summer (from memory).

 

[Antipodes]

Here is another photo from today ...hopefully clearer. This specimen is a large tree, 12-15m in height.

 

[enrico]

That's better! I reckon it is a magnolia tree
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[Anduril]

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/sapodilla-trees/growing-sapodilla-fruit.htm
The nearest image I could find. Sapodilla?

 

[Antipodes]

Anduril...thanks for having a go, but I don't think it is. The seed pod has no flesh inside and is mostly empty/dry. Enrico..thanks...I don't think a magnolia...seed pod is too different.

I have seen two of these trees in suburbia here, including this one, so I'm assuming it is not ridiculously rare, probably planted for the magnificent, large and long lasting show of flowers.....but it is definitely a tricky one to identify!

 

[Anduril]

http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-o...to-i/lagunaria-patersonia-itchy-pod-tree.html

https://www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/lagunaria-patersonia-norfolk-island-hibiscus/

Norfolk Island Hibiscus?

 

[Antipodes]

That's it. Well done Anduril!!

No more exploring of the seed pods from reading that!