Sterculia micrantha Chun & H.H.Hsue

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Sterculia

Characteristics

Trees. Branchlets robust, with wide pith and conspicuous leaf scars. Leaves simple; petiole 3-8 cm, minutely stellate; leaf blade oblong-ovate, 7-14 × 3.5-6.5 cm, abaxially sparsely stellate villous on veins, adaxially nearly glabrous, lateral veins 11 or 12 on each side of midrib, base obtuse, apex obtuse or acute. Inflorescence paniculate, slender, ca. 26 cm. Pedicels 3-4 mm, articulate. Calyx white, campanulate, very thin, 5-6 mm, abaxially minutely pubescent, adaxially hairy only near lobe margin, mucronate, lobes triangular-lanceolate, as long as calyx tube, margins densely hairy. Male flowers: androgynophore slender, ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Anthers 10. Female flowers: androgynophore ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary globose, villous. Fruits unknown. Fl. Oct.
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Distribution

Sterculia micrantha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825347-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141266
COL ID 52DGX
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Synonyms

Sterculia micrantha