• Family : STERCULIACEAE
  (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Guazuma tomentosa H.B. Kunth; Theobroma guazuma L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.
• Common name : Honey-Fruit Tree, Bastard Cedar, West-Indian Elm
• Vernacular name : Bhadarkshi (Kannada); Uthraksham, Valampuri, Edampuri, Rudrasam, Tenbachai (Tamil); Udrik patta, Thene chettu, Rudraksha (Telugu); Debodaru (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Introduced and planted. Sometimes as an escape and even naturalized in the sub-continent.
• Key identification features : Small tree, capsule black, globose, woody, covered with blunt tubercles
• Flower, Fruit : February-September
• Native : Central America, Java
• World Distribution : Tropical America, Tropical Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Guazuma ulmifolia. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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