Sterculia balanghas
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Gujarat
- Flowering
- December-August
How to identify Sterculia balanghas
Identify Sterculia balanghas by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: Red/scarlet.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, West Bengal, Gujarat.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sterculia balanghas
- Genus
- Sterculia
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, sacred groves in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Leaves are simple, alternate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, alternate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sterculia balanghas itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Red/scarletrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Inflorescence show terminal or axillary panicles.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sterculia balanghas itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sterculia balanghas
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Sterculia balanghas is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal and Gujarat. It grows in moist deciduous forests, sacred groves in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Sterculia balanghas belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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