Sterculia cordata Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sterculia

Characteristics

A perennial deciduous tree. It grows 20m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
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

An upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 700 metres. Usually on alluvial sites near or along rivers and streams, but also on ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Images

Sterculia cordata unspecified picture

Distribution

Sterculia cordata world distribution map, present in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825180-1
WFO ID wfo-0000491935
COL ID 52DBT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sterculia cordata Clompanus cordata Triplobus cordata Sterculia javanica

Lower taxons

Sterculia cordata var. montana