About Sterculia balanghas
Sterculia balanghas is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Leaves are simple, alternate; swollen at base and tipped; lamina elliptic, obovate, oblong, elliptic-ovate or oblong-ovate; base subcordate or round; apex acuminate; with entire margin. Flowers may be unisexual or polygamous are yellow or greenish-purple in color. Inflorescence show terminal or axillary panicles. Orange to red colored fruit is oblong and seeds are black in color. The plant is known as "nawa - නාවා" by Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. It is widely used as an ornamental tree and as a fence tree in Sri Lanka.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sterculia balanghas
- Genus
- Sterculia
- Family
- STERCULIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, sacred groves in the plains Key identification features : Medium-sized tree, bark white; follicles ovoid orange-scarlet
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Sterculia balanghas belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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