Sterculia

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Sterculia

Sterculia foetida

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 alexandri – Cape sterculia
Sterculia apetala – Panama tree
Sterculia balanghas
Sterculia cinerea
Sterculia colorata – Scarlet Sterculia
Sterculia diversifolia – Bottle tree
Sterculia foetida – Sterculia nut, Java olive
Sterculia guttata
Sterculia khasiana
Sterculia lychnophora Hance – Malva nut, Marg Jong (Thailand)
Sterculia monosperma – China chestnut, Pheng phok
Sterculia murex – Lowveld chestnut
Sterculia oblongata
Sterculia parviflora

Sterculia quadrifida – Gorarbar
Sterculia quinqueloba – Five-lobed sterculia
Sterculia ramiflora – An-ji-ur
Sterculia rhinopetala – Red Sterculia
Sterculia rogersii – Ulumbu tree
Sterculia scaphigera - Pang da hai, the boat Sterculia seed
Sterculia schliebenii
Sterculia tantraensis
Sterculia tomentosa
Sterculia treubii
Sterculia trichosiphon – Broad-leaved bottle tree
Sterculia urceolata
Sterculia urens – Gulu
Sterculia zastrowiana

[edit] Gallery of Sterculia foetida

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