Malvaceae
Sterculia

Sterculia foetida L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1008 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent to W. & Central Malesia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Sterculiaceae, Martin Cheek & Laurence Dorr; Nesogordonia, Laurence Dorr, Lisa Barnett. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2007

Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately 5–7-foliolate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers foetid red and 2.5 cm wide.
Note
Originally from India but long cultivated in East Africa, largely in the botanic gardens of Entebbe (Chandler 1423), Nairobi, Amani and Dar-es-Salaam (Chilongola 120).
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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