Sterculia rubiginosa

Sterculia rubiginosa Vent., Jard. Malmaison t. 91 1805. (syn: Balanghas rubiginosa (Vent.) Raf.; Clompanus cuneata (R.Br.) Kuntze; Clompanus ferruginea (R.Br.) Kuntze; Clompanus rubiginosa (Vent.) Kuntze; Clompanus rufa (Korth.) Kuntze; Clompanus stipularis (R.Br.) Kuntze; Sterculia angustifolia Jack; Sterculia brachycarpa Ridl.; Sterculia brevipetiolata Merr.; Sterculia clemensiae Ridl.; Sterculia cuneata R.Br.; Sterculia elliptica Airy Shaw; Sterculia ferruginea R.Br.; Sterculia humilis Elmer; Sterculia jackiana Wall.; Sterculia obovata Merr.; Sterculia rostrata Ridl.; Sterculia rufa Korth.; Sterculia stipularis R.Br.; Sterculia translucens Stapf);
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Assam to W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Common name: Rusty Sterculia

Vent. Hort. Malm. ii. 91, in note ; leaves oblong acute or abruptly acuminate glabrous above downy beneath base rounded stipules very long, panicle erect, calyx-lobes as long as the tube, stigmas short. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 232 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 175. S. angustifolia, Jack Mal. Misc. i. ; Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 287. S. Jackiana, Wall. Cat. 1134.
BIRMA and the EASTERN PENINSULA.—DISTRIB. Java.
A tree ; herbaceous portions rusty-villous. Leaves 8-10 by 2.1/2 in., nerves rusty-hispid beneath ; petiole 1/4-1/2 in., hispid ; stipules 1 in., subulate-lanceolate. Panicle scarcely equalling the leaves, laxly hispid, many-flowered ; ultimate pedicels spreading, scarcely exceeding the flowers. Flower-buds short, broadly ovate, acute. Calyx 1/4 in. long, subglobose, lobes linear-subulate, incurved or spreading, hispid. Follicles 2 in., lanceo¬late, beaked, downy externally, crimson inside. Seeds 1/2 in. long, black.
(Attributions- IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))
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