- Family : STERCULIACEAE
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Basionym : Sterculia colorata Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Clompanus colorata (Roxb.) Kuntze; Erythropsis colorata (Roxb.) Burkill; Erythropsis roxburghiana Schott & Endl.; Firmiana rubriflora Kosterm.; Karaka colorata (Roxb.) Raf.; Sterculia rubicunda Wall.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
- Common name : Scarlet Sterculia, Colored Sterculia, Hill Gossypium
- Vernacular name :
- Bodula, Samarri (Hindi)
- Bilisulige (Kannada)
- Malamparuthi (Tamil)
- Korata, Maraka, Kharaka, Karubopajja (Telugu)
- Kodalo, Pani kodal (Oria)
- Bhaikoi, Bharkoi, Kaushil, Khowsey, Supli (Marathi)
- Malamparathi, Kleeni, Kiliyani (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional on the slopes of deciduous forests at 1000m. Flowers are bright, showy and can be recognised from far off distance
- Flower, Fruit : March-June
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 26/06/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 39592
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Thane district
- Odisha : Angul district, Mayurbhanj district, Sundergarh district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Vellore district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman, Long & Baratang Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 101
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Firmiana colorata. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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