Sterculia macrophylla Vent.

A tree. It grows 40 m tall. The trunk can be 1.5 m across. It can have buttresses
 x 3m. They are spreading and sharp. The bark is silver-grey. The leaves are simple and have lobes like fingers on a hand. The leaves are broadly oval with 3-5 lobes, and the leaves are 12-40 cm long by 10-35 cm wide. The base is deeply heart shaped. The flowers are erect in groups in the axils of leaves or near the ends of branches. The flowers are bell shaped with a greenish-yellow tube. The fruit are a star shaped pod with 3-5 sections. It is 3-8 cm long. It is velvety brown and bright red inside. It splits open. The seeds are narrowly oval and 1-2.3 cm long. They are whitish-black.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in swamp forest. It grows up to 900 m above sea level.

Plants can be grown from seeds.