Pinj / Scarlet Sterculia
Firmiana colorata
Also known as Colored Sterculia, Hill Gossypium
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Firmiana colorata
- Genus
- Firmiana
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Manipur, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Orbicular (round)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pinj itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“It produces flowers in short dense panicles which occur at the ends of the branches.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pinj itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पिंज Pinj, कुअँरिन Kuanrin
- Bengali
- Samarri pisi
- Tamil
- மலப்பருத்தி Malapparutti, Malam herutti
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿಸುಲಿಗೆ Bilisulige, Mullumutga
- Malayalam
- മലബരത്തി Malabaraththi, Malamparathi, മലമ്പരുത്തി
- Marathi
- कौशी Kaushi, कौशी
About Pinj
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Scarlet Sterculia (Firmiana colorata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 14 other states. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to June.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Pinj belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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