Sterculia guttata Roxb. ex DC.

 
  • Family : STERCULIACEAE
    (STERCULIA OR COCOA FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
  • Species : Sterculia guttata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
  • Vernacular name : Kavalam (Tam.)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March; March onwards
  • Native : Indo-Malaysia
  • Comments : Occasional in deciduous forests in full sun and also by shola border up to 1200 m.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Kadapa district, Prakasham district, Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Sterculia guttata. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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