Golden penda
Xanthostemon chrysanthus (F.Muell.) Benth.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 12 m
- wide
- 9.0 m
Myrtaceae
Also called River penda
Formerly Metrosideros chrysantha, Nania chrysantha
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. & NE. QueenslandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia and Gardening with Angus, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 12 mRead from Wikipedia and Gardening with Angus, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 12–12 m; Gardening with Angus 10–15 m
- Spread
- 6.0 m to 12 mRead from Gardening with Angus, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Gardening with Angus, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia and Gardening with Angus, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 金缨木, 金蒲桃
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Gardening with Angus, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Xanthostemon chrysanthus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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