Herbarium JCB

Sterculia foetida L.

Family : STERCULIACEAE
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sterculia foetida L.
Common name : Java Olive, Foetid Sterculia, Skunk Tree
Vernacular name : Kavalam, Peenari, Poothimanathi, Poothiyunathi, Pottakavalam (Malayalam); Kuthiraippidukku, Pinari, Malaittengai (Tamil); Peenari, Pathala mara, Bhuthalamara (Kannada); Jungli badam (Hindi); Adavi badham (Telugu)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Deciduous forests and in the plains along coastal areas
Comments / notes : Frequently planted along roadsides. On hilly slopes of deciduous forests up to 1000m. Often planted around places of worship. Seeds are roasted and eaten.
Key identification features : Follicles woody, boat-shaped
Flower, Fruit : March-August
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Konkan, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Satara district
- Odisha : All districts of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Ramanathapuram district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
World Distribution : India, Pakistan, East Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, N. Australia, Moluccas
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; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; 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=Sterculia foetida. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.