Pterospermum aceroides Wall. ex Kurz

 
  • 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) : Pterospermum aceroides Wall. ex Kurz
  • Key identification features : A medium-sized evergreen tree with a dark brown bark, cut dark reddish. Leaves of young plants palmately lobed, peltate, and with long petioles; of mature plants, up to a foot long, oblong, apiculate, base cordate and somewhat unequal, dark green and smooth above, whitish stellate-pubescent beneath, lateral nerves 11-14 pairs, strong, the lowest from the base; petiole 0.25 in, long, stout. Flowers 2-3 in. long, white sepals thick, covered outside with brown tomentum. Capsule 5-6 in. long, blackish, sharply 5-angled; seeds with brown wing.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pterospermum aceroides. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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