Illawarra flame tree

''Brachychiton acerifolius'', commonly known as the Illawarra flame tree, is a large tree of the family MalvaceaeThe genus ''Brachychiton'' was traditionally placed in the family Sterculiaceae, but that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae native to subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia.