Sterculia lanceifolia

Sterculia lanceifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 150 (1832) (syn: Clompanus roxburghii (Wall.) Kuntze, Southwellia roxburghiana Spach, Sterculia ovalifolia Wall., Sterculia roxburghii Wall.);
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Assam to China (S. Sichuan, S. Yunnan, Guizhou): Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar as per POWO;
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Wall. Cat. 1124 ; leaves glabrous oval or oblong- lanceolate suddenly acuminate base rounded, racemes erect shorter than the leaves. Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 262 ; Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 229. S. lanceaefolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; Fl. Ind. iii 150, not of Cav. S. ovalifolia, Wall. Cat. 1132. S. alata, Wall. Cat. 1125. in part.
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, ascending in Sikkim 6000 ft., J. D. H. ; SILHET and ASSAM.
A tree. Bark ashy. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3 in., lanceolate ; petiole 1/2-1 in., thickened at both ends ; stipules subulate. Racemes 2 in., axillary, few-flowered, pedicels erecto-patent sparingly stellate-pilose. male fl. most numerous. Calyx 1/2 in. diam., scarlet, campanulate, 5-parted, segments oblong-lanceolate, spreading, longer than the tube. Follicles 1-5, 3 in., lanceolate, beaked, downy-scaberulous, pink. Seeds 4-8, black, ovoid, coats as in S. guttata (Roxb.), albumen scanty ; cotyledons thick.—Wallich’s S. ovalifolia only differs in its oval leaves.
(Attributions: IBIS Flora (FBI))
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