Pan India Bouquets

Sterculia villosa Roxb.

Family : Sterculiaceae
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GURHAL FAMILY (गुड़हल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
Synonym(s) : Clompanus armata (Mast.) Kuntze; Clompanus villosa (Roxb. ex Sm.) Kuntze; Sterculia armata Mast.; Sterculia lantsangensis Hu
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sterculia villosa Roxb. ex Sm.
Common name : Hairy Sterculia, Elephant rope tree
Vernacular name : Oudal (Assamese); Ubak (Garo); Dieng star(Khasi); Hei-rit (Manipuri)
Habit : Tree
Key identification features : Large trees. Tepals red. Fruits red with black seeds. Leaves absent when blooms.
Flower, Fruit : December- March
Distribution :
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
Native : Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Exotic/Native : Native
Literature : Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 47
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Sterculia villosa. Downloaded on 4 March 2021.