Pterospermum diversifolium Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Pterospermum

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The flowers are large and occur singly. They are white and in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a 5 angled woody capsule.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 20.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Evergreen and old clearing forest at elevations from 50-800 metres in Thailand.
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It is a tropical plant. In Thailand it grows between 50-800 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye food material medicinal poison social use timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Masticatory (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Tumor(Testicle) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pterospermum diversifolium unspecified picture

Distribution

Pterospermum diversifolium world distribution map, present in Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Pterospermum diversifolium threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824753-1
WFO ID wfo-0000476043
COL ID 78LRL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Pterospermadendron diversifolium Pterospermadendron glabrescens Pterospermum glabrescens Pterospermum hastatum Pterospermum diversifolium Dombeya diversifolia