- Family : STERCULIACEAE
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sterculia foetida. Downloaded on 2 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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