Sterculia

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Sterculia
Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Sterculiaceae
Genus: Sterculia
Species

See text.

Sterculia is a genus colloquially termed the tropical chestnuts.

Sterculia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix xenaula, which feeds exclusively on the genus.


[edit] Sterculia species (tropical chestnuts)

  • Sterculia africana – Mopopaja tree
  • Sterculia alata – Buddha coconut
  • Sterculia alexandrii – Cape sterculia
  • Sterculia apetala – Panama tree
  • Sterculia balanghas
  • Sterculia carthaginensis
  • Sterculia chicha – Maranhão nut
  • Sterculia diversifolia – Bottle tree
  • Sterculia foetida – Sterculia nut, Java olive
  • Sterculia guerichii
  • Sterculia guttata
  • Sterculia ipomoeifolia
  • Sterculia monosperma – China chestnut, Pheng phok
  • Sterculia murex – Lowveld chestnut
  • Sterculia oblongata
  • Sterculia quadrifida – Gorarbar
  • Sterculia quinqueloba – Five-lobed sterculia
  • Sterculia ramiflora – An-ji-ur
  • Sterculia rogersii – Ulumbu tree
  • Sterculia rupestris – Narrow-leaved bottle tree
  • Sterculia schumanniana
  • Sterculia tomentosa
  • Sterculia treubii
  • Sterculia trichosiphon – Broad-leaved bottle tree
  • Sterculia triphaca
  • Sterculia urceolata
  • Sterculia urens – Gulu
  • Sterculia zastrowiana


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