Herbarium JCB

Sterculia guttata Roxb. ex DC.

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) : Unresolved name
Vernacular name : Kavalam (Tamil); Aanathondimaram, Kavalam, Kithondi, Narukorumban, Peenari, Potta-kavalam, Thondi (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also along ghats
Comments / notes : Occasional in deciduous forests in full sun and also along shola border up to 1200m.
Key identification features : Follicles woody, obovoid, bright red or scarlet, stellately villous without
Flower, Fruit : September-March
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Prakasam district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, ONE, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
Native : Indo-Malaysia
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malay Peninsula
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : 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 guttata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.