Sterculia guttata Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sterculia

Characteristics

A large deciduous tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is straight. It can keep its leaves throughout the year. The crown is oval. The leaves are simple and without lobes. The leaves are narrowly oval and the leaf stalks are 7 cm long. The flowers are in upright clusters. The flowers are white. The fruit pods or follicles are red and hairy on the outside.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 17.5
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Environment

Along the margins of evergreen forests, and in semi-evergreen forests, at elevations up to 900 metres. Very rare in moist, low country in Sri Lanka.
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A tropical plant. It grows in tropical India. It grows in the Deccan. In Thailand it grows between 350-1,800 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young seeds are eaten. They are roasted.
Uses fiber material medicinal wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Antipyretics (bark), Analgesics (seed)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
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Images

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Sterculia guttata unspecified picture

Distribution

Sterculia guttata world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825255-1
WFO ID wfo-0000491653
COL ID 6ZRHG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Clompanus malabarica Sterculia guttata Astrodendrum malabaricum