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Sterculia foetida L., Sp. Pl. 1008 1753. (Syn: Clompanus foetida (L.) Kuntze; Clompanus foetidus (L.) Kuntze; Sterculia mexicana var. guianensis Sagot);
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commonly known as: hazel sterculia, Indian almond, Java olive, peon, poon tree, skunk tree, sterculia nut, stinky sterculia, tropical chestnut, wild almond• Bengali: জংগলী বাদাম jungli badam • Hindi: जंगली बादाम jangali badam • Kannada: bhatala penari • Konkani: कुवें रुक kuvem ruk, नागिन nagin • Malayalam: പിണര് pinar, പൊട്ടക്കാവളം pottakkavalam, മലംപരത്തി malamparaththi • Marathi: जंगलीबादाम jangalibadam, पुनव punava • Sanskrit: पुतिदारु putidaru, वित्खदिर vitkhadirah • Tamil: குதிரைப்பிடுக்கன் kutiraippitukkan, பீநாறி pinari • Telugu: గుర్రపుబాదము gurrapubadamu, మంచిపొణకు manciponaku;
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stur-KEW-lee-uh — from the Latin stercus; meaning, manure or dung
FET-uh-duh — stinking .
Native to: east Africa, tropical Asia, north Australia
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The seeds are roasted and eaten……..very tasty.
A favorite of children they roast and eat the fatty greying-white nutmeal inside a black thickish capsule….. .
ID- tall tree with reddish pods: Sterculia villosa of Malvaceae family Thanks … for the prompt response! I too have not yet seen this species in Bangalore. Raman ji had recently posted this species from Siddara Betta, which is close to Bangalore. I think this has to be Sterculia foetida. Sterculia foetida. I too had a rethinking, I think the leaves are digitate rather than palmate (key character as per Gamble) It seems to me to be Sterculia foetida… we know this as BOXO BAADAAM in Bengali… a favorite of children they roast and eat the fatty greying-white nutmeal inside a black thickish capsule…..
STERCULIA FOETIDA : 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors. Yes It is.
For ID 120513GK : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Kindly help in identification Some Sterculia sp.
Mostly Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida i agree with … 180713 ASP 118 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Please ID this fruit bearing tree. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2012. Looks like some Sterculia sp Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida from Pune_RKC_19023014 : 10 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (8). Sterculiaceae
Loc.: Agharkar Research Institute Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Date: 18 Feb. 2014. Wah! What a photography!!! Amazingly beautiful pictures … Beautiful. The campus has amazing collection.
Tree for ID – 190914 – RK : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Sterculia foetida I have never seen the fruits this close and this red, our trees here in the park are old and tall. Appreciate the info about Baxo Badam. Came to know about the Bengali name thro’ INW. Interesting!!
ID request – 311214PC2 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) This is Sterculia foetida. The flowering season may vary in north to South India. In Pune (Maharashtra), the tree near my house flowers in late January to February . yes local microclimate also will have effects
and minor changes in the seed that was originally planted!!! we have krishnachuras (delonix regia) in my neighborhood that don’t flower at the same time
Malvaceae Fortnight: Sterculia foetida from Coimbatore -BRSJULY104/04: 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Sharing the images of Sterculia foetida from Coimbatore.
Malvaceae Fortnight :: Sterculia foetida :: Mumbai :: PKAJUL42: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Sterculia foetida from Mumbai. Family: Sterculiaceae
It’s a large deciduous tree, 15m tall, trunk straight and bark flacky.
Flowers with unpleasant smell, in terminal panicles, Follicles 1-5, 10-20cm, woody.
Malvaceae Fortnight :: Sterculia foetida- Fruits :: Mumbai :: PKAJUL48: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Photographs of the fruits of Sterculia foetida.
Sterculia foetida pods & seeds: – The tree is very common in Chennai roads, especially on Kotturpuram road and road leading to IT centres from Madyakailash.
Sterculia foetida in Chennai:   id request 11052011PJ1:
Pl find attached photo for id. Tree in this post has attached fruit, that grows in to fullpod, ripens and cracks open to set the seeds out. Date/Time-: 09/05/11 – 16:00 Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree Height/Length- 10m
Sterculia foetida…. we have a lot of them by Dhaakuria lakes… in Bengali called Baksho Baadaam… badam in a box… … would this বাক্স বাদাম be baksho baadaam ? Yes, you got it right….
Sterculia Foetida opened pods : 120511 : AK-4:
Malvaceae week : Sterculia foetida: Jangali Badam
Pictures from IIT Madras and from Pune.
Malvaceae week :: Sterculia foetida: stur-KEW-lee-uh — from the Latin stercus; meaning, manure or dung
FET-uh-duh — stinking [image: Punava (Marathi: पुनव)] <http://www.google.com/url.flickr.com%Fdi…>
Mar 15, 2008 along Gladys Alvares Road near Lokpuram, Thane commonly known as: hazel sterculia, Indian almond, Java olive, peon, poon tree, skunk tree, sterculia nut, stinky sterculia, tropical chestnut, wild almond • *Bengali*: জংগলী বাদাম jungli badam, বাক্স বাদাম baksho baadaam • * Hindi*: जंगली बादाम jangali badam • *Kannada*: bhatala penari • *Konkani*: कुवें रुक kuvem ruk, नागिन nagin • *Malayalam*: പിണര് pinar, പീനാറി pinari, പൊട്ടക്കാവളം pottakkavalam, മലംപരത്തി malamparaththi • *Marathi*: जंगलीबादाम jangalibadam, पुनव punava • *Sanskrit*: पुतिदारु putidaru, वित्खदिर vitkhadirah • *Tamil*: குதிரைப்பிடுக்கன் kutiraippitukkan, பீநாறி pinari • * Telugu*: అడవిబాదము adavibadamu, గుర్రపుబాదము gurrapubadamu, మంచిపొణకు manciponaku
Native to: east Africa, tropical Asia, north Australia
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பீநாறி)] <http://www.google.com/flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi…>… Dec 8, 2007 near Back Bay Reclamation, Mumbai – [image: Wild Almond] <http://www.google.com/flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi…>… Jan 17, 2010 in premises of Bassein fort, Vasai, Maharashtra – … more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/Sterculiafoetida&m=tags Seen this tree in Tirupati (AP) but could not capture after seeing fruits i could come to know that the plant was S. foetida. Kindly help Id this tree on a roadside at Pune if possible as the quality of pictures is poor. Sorry for that
Location: road from Ruby hall to Holiday Inn
I could just get one picture and that too not so clear as I was travelling.
The shining bright orange red semicircular looking pods caught my attention. Some were almost dark black red
can it be Sterculia foetida ? Sterculia foetida As I find on the net Marathi and Sanskrit names for this tree are Marathi पुनव punava • *Sanskrit*: पुतिदारु > putidaru, वित्खदिर vitkhadirah … पुनव means full moon wondering why it must have been named so is it to do with the pods? also if anyone explain the meaning of the Sanskrit words Yes Sterculia foetida. In Bangalore all the leaves have fallen and flowers are coming up. I am a bit confused with your feedback as on the net I found that the flowers have an unpleasant aroma like manure Agreed … The fragrance is strong but definitely not foetid as per the name says. I think the name of the tree should be Sterculia scentida 🙂 instead Would you please give the reference for this name? There is no reference to this. this is my feeling that the tree should have been named Sterculia scentida as the flowers smell nice and not unpleasant. Sorry for the confusion. The flowers dont have a pleasant smell. Probably … had got a whiff of some other nearby flower. The smell is not so repulsive from a few feet away but if you collect a few fls. in your hand and smell it closely it is a rotting smell. Even smell is subjective looks like. I have put my pictures under Residents nearby this tree often complain of a dead rat or choked sewage to their neighbours. Flowers may be pleasantly scented only to the pollinators (Pipistrels or Carrion Flies?). Hope new generation cameras have the facility to record the scent with the image. (There is one with the GPS co-ordinates.) Originally from East Africa and North Australia, it grows freely down the West of the Peninsular, in Burma Ceylon and South India.
The grey bark is smooth, spotted with brown and faintly ridged.
The branches are whorled and usually horizontal, the numerous branchlets gracefully up-curved and crowded at the ends with large, palm-like leaves, remind one somewhat of the English Horse-chestnut.
The flowers, appearing early in February, form at the knotty ends of the wrinkled old branchlets immediately beneath the new leaves and spread in drooping rays as much as one foot in length. The reddish-green stems bear numerous short branched stalks, each terminating in a crimson-brown flower. The sepals, which look like petals, (there are no visible real petals), are about 1-inch across, back-curling and varying in colour from yellow to pale terracotta and to deep crimson and brown. But the main characteristic of these flowers is their incredible stench.
Coming across a Java Olive in bloom ones would think that one was near an open sewer and any part of the tree when bruised or cut emits this unpleasant odour.
It is unfortunate as the tree is extremely handsome; tall and straight, its well shaped crown swathed in coral, often without a single touch of green, it stands out amongst the surrounding verdure in great beauty and dignity.
The seeds are edible after toasting and taste like chestnuts (Castanea sativa ). They also contain an oil that is used medicinally, while the timber is used for making furniture and the bark for rope
Ref. Flowers of India
may i ask where you took this photo in Bangalore? This I took in Diamond District, Old Airport Road.
ID please: which is this big tree and how BIG are these flowers and what colour are they.
is it an indian tree.
Id please…
photo taken in Hyderabad on 26th Jan 2012 These are the pods of Sterculia foetida, commonly known as Java Olive, Sterculia Nut or Jangli Badam. Sterculia foetida ! Yes, I too that this is Sterculia foetida You are right … The season of observation is important here too. The tree typically becomes leafless at this time (Same is here in Maharashtra) and the mature pods which turn from green to red are easily visible even from distance. Slowly the tree will be full of tiny beautiful flowers. Just keep watching them and try to capture the flowers from branches which are drooping down. Its fun. Often the fallen flowers spread on the ground like a carpet.
Species Id Request DKV120201-1: Sterculia foetida Yes Yes Sterculia foetida Yes, Sterculia foetida to me also.
Sterculia foetida :: Hooghly, West Bengal: Nice Shot of Fruits!!!
Malvaceae fortnight :: Sterculia foetida : Pune : SMP20 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Sterculia foetida
Plant identification (mixed thread): 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)
Can someone help me in identifying this plant.
Sterculia, most probably must be Sterculia foetida. This is Sterculia foetida. The fruits will be red in colour and after drying it becomes grayish brown. Extremely fast-growing. Preferred for road-side plantation. The seeds are roasted and eaten. The species name is foetida because of bad smell of emerging creamish-white flowers. This image [IMG-20180810-WA0035.jpg] is of Sterculia foetida L. [Malvaceae].
This click was taken by my friend in area of Gujarat.
It has long petionls
6-7 leaves at the terminal
fruit is like kidney shape or similar to calotropis spp.
I don’t have more pic. so i request you to all please identify this tree species.
This image [IMG-20180810-WA0035.jpg] is of Sterculia foetida L. [Malvaceae].
गुजराती,पबडी, जंगली बदाम
Location: Kulalumpur, Malyasia
Date: 4 March 2015
Altitude: 66 m.
Habit : Cultivated
Schefflera sp. ??
Please look at Sterculia foedita. not schefflera. baxo badam in Bengali. Sterculia foetida most likely
it is only Sterculia foetida
Yes. It is Sterculia foetida.
                         
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Need Id: 2 images. Sterculia foetida . Request for id: 2 high res. images. Sterculia foetida 🌿 . Sterculia foetida L. :: Thane, Maharashtra :: Mar 15, 2008 · JUN23 DV532: 6 images. Sterculia foetida L.
Thane, Maharashtra :: Mar 15, 2008 · 3:48 PM IST :: about 11 m (36 ft) asl
Many thanks to Bharat Godambe for validating the ID at iNaturalist . Sterculia foetida L. :: Mumbai :: Dec 8, 2007 · JUN23 DV544: 4 images. Sterculia foetida L.
Mumbai :: Dec 8, 2007 · 11:26 AM IST :: about 14 m (46 ft) asl
Many thanks to Bharat Godambe for validating the ID at iNaturalist . Sterculiaceae: Sterculia foetida: 5 high res. images. . SK 3957 11 May 2024: 2 images. May be Sterculia foetida.
Pl. check.
Yes Yes it’s correct
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