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Red silky oak Proteaceae Details
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Red silky oak Proteaceae Category: Greens
Genus: Grevillea Proteaceae
Common Name: Grevillea
Name: Red silky oak
Botanical Name: Grevillea banksii
Color: Bicolor Wine / Yellow
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  • common names including Red silky oak, Dwarf silky oak, Banks' grevillea, Byfield waratah and, in Hawaii, Kahili flower or Kahili tree
  • Flowers are bright red or creamy-white, in clusters up to 15 cm (6 in) long.
  • Grevillea banksii was first described by the botanist Robert Brown, who gave it its epithet in honour of Sir Joseph Banks.
  • Its leaves are pinnate with 3-11 deeply divided, linear to lanceolate segments 5-10 cm (2-4 in) long and 1 cm wide, with curled-back margins.

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Common names include Grevillea, Spider Flower, Silky-oak and Toothbrush. Common names include Grevillea, Spider Flower, Silky-oak and Toothbrush.

Care and Handling

Drinking nectar direct from the flower is best avoided as some commonly cultivated Grevillea species produce flowers containing toxic cyanide.

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