Sterculia hamiltonii (Kuntze) Adelb.

 
  • Family : STERCULIACEAE
    (Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Clompanus coccinea (Jack) Kuntze; Clompanus hamiltonii Kuntze; Clompanus linearis (Korth.) Kuntze; Southwellia coccinea (Jack) Voigt; Sterculia coccinea Jack; Sterculia coccinea Roxb. ex G.Don; Sterculia coccinea var. hamiltonii (Kuntze) Tantra; Sterculia hamiltonii (Kuntze) Adelb.; Sterculia indica Merr. Sterculia linearis Korth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sterculia lanceolata var. coccinea (Jack) Phengklai
  • Habit : Shrubs
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees up to 10 m high; Leaves simple, oblonceolate, chartaceous, minutely hairy beneath; Flowers in axillary pendent panicles, yellow; Follicles spreading, orange yellow to crimson red.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- November
  • Distribution :
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Borneo, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 256
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sterculia hamiltonii. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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