Firmiana major (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Firmiana

Characteristics

Deciduous trees, up to 15 m tall; trunk erect; bark greenish gray-black, rough. Branchlets robust, puberulent. Petiole robust, 15-45 cm, puberulent at first, glabrescent; leaf blade palmately 3-lobed, 17-30 × 19-40 cm, usually wider than long, abaxially densely yellow-brown puberulent, glabrescent, adaxially glabrous, basal veins 5-7, base cordate, apex acute or acuminate. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal or axillary. Calyx purple-red, ca. 12 mm, hairy, divided nearly to base, lobes linear or oblong-linear. Male flowers: androgynophore long, tube-shaped. Female flowers: ovary long stalked, abaxially velutinous; ovules many; staminodes present. Follicle membranous, ca. 7 × 4.5 cm, nearly glabrous. Seeds yellow-brown, globose, ca. 8 mm, wrinkled. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Oct.
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Uses afforestation
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Distribution

Firmiana major world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Firmiana major threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823344-1
WFO ID wfo-0000691044
COL ID 6J4T3
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Synonyms

Firmiana major Hildegardia major Sterculia platanifolia var. major