Sterculia rubiginosa var. glabrescens King.

 
  • 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) : Not Found
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Coasts of the Islands.
  • Key identification features : A tree 20-50 feet high with a pale grey bark. Flowers reddish brown in rufous-tomentose lax panicles; calyx widely campanulate, the lobes lanceolate and cohering by their tips. Follicles coriaceous, yellow when unripe, turning scarlet in ripening, pubsent outside, glabrous within.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-May
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,North and Middle Andaman,Rutland
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 100
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sterculia rubiginosa var. glabrescens. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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