Scarlet Sterculia
Firmiana colorata
Also known as Colored Sterculia, Hill Gossypium
About Scarlet Sterculia
Firmiana colorata, the scarlet sterculia (also known as bonfire tree, coloured sterculia and Indian almond, in Assamese ওদাল (odal) and in Marathi known as "कौशी" [kaushi]), is a medium-sized tree with spreading branches. It sheds leaves before the onset of flowering. After leaf-shedding, buds sprout and develop into flowers. The tree flowers from March to April. It produces flowers in short dense panicles which occur at the ends of the branches. The flowers are orange-red in colour and hang downwards. The flowering stalks together with flowers are covered with fine downy hairs giving the whole inflorescence a soft, velvety look.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Firmiana colorata
- Genus
- Firmiana
- Family
- STERCULIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Scarlet Sterculia belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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