{"id":1268145,"date":"2011-03-26T08:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T08:22:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:19:41","slug":"pterygota-alata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/pterygota-alata\/","title":{"rendered":"Pterygota alata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pterygota<\/i> alata<\/i> (Roxb.) R.Br., Pterocymbium 234 1844<\/i>.\u00a0(Syn. Clompanus<\/i> alata<\/i> (Roxb.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Pterygota<\/i> roxburghii<\/i> Schott & Endl.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Sterculia<\/i> alata<\/i> Roxb.<\/span><\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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\u00bf ter-ee-GO-to ?– from the Greek pterygot\u00f3s (winged)
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\n<\/span>commonly known as: buddha coconut \u2022 Assamese<\/b>: tula \u2022 Bengali<\/b>: buddha narikel \u2022 Kannada<\/b>: kolugida \u2022 Malayalam<\/b>: porila \u2022 Marathi<\/b>: \u0915\u0930\u0935\u091f\u0940 karvati \u2022 Tamil<\/b>: \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf kodaittondi
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Malvaceae week : Pterygota alata Syn. Sterculia alata<\/a>:
\nMalvaceae week : Pterygota alata<\/i><\/b> Syn. Sterculia alata<\/i>
\nEarlier :Sterculiaceae<\/i>
\nBuddha’s coconut.
\n<\/b>Observed in a private bungalow Pune. and also in Rani Bag Mumbai.
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I have seen only one tree in Delhi University<\/span> in vegetative condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nice one we call it “Pagla gach” (mad tree in bengali) because its heterogeneous leaf morphology.. have seen one in Indian Botanic garden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NA ….. Pagla gachh<\/b> is a variant… of Pterygota alata<\/i>… there is one in Kol Bot garden ( several baby trees too and one in the Hort… I am going to upload the one from Hort in a day or two…. \u00a0 the native pterygota alata<\/i>
\nis a very tall tree and is deciduous.. the variant Pagla one never looses all its leaves… that’s a big difference…
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Malvaceae week 0905 – 9112011 UD 032 Pterygota alata and 033 Pterygota alata var irregularis<\/a>:<\/div>\n
Submitting an interesting tree and its variant \u2026<\/div>\n
Family: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Malvaceae<\/i>
\nSubfamily: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sterculioideae<\/i>
\nGenus: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pterygota<\/i>
\nSpecies \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1: \u00a0Pterygota\u00a0alata<\/i>
\n2: Pterygota alata<\/i> \u00a0var. irregularis<\/i>
\nThese trees grow very tall, have the typical \u00a0sterculoid leaves\u2026 and both develop the seed pod that\u2019s called the Boddha\u2019s coconut<\/b> \u2026<\/div>\n
#1: \u00a0, the regular p. alata<\/i> \u00a0happens to be deciduous\u2026.looses all its leaves, being the tallest it provides a look out perch for the vultures\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
After some years of dwindling number they had disappeared for a few years\u2026 reappearing \u00a0to nest in the victoria memorial gardens in Kolkata\u2026 and vicinity\u2026<\/div>\n
And they used to perch on three pterygota alata trees we have there\u2026 we use to go and count through the seacon.. to assure ourselves that they were there to stay\u2026<\/div>\n
They are in figure 6 and 7\u2026 towards end of spring in April.<\/div>\n
#2 \u00a0: The most interesting Pterygota<\/i> is the PAGLA gachh<\/b>\u2026 or the mad tree<\/b>\u2026 \u00a0so called because None of its leaves match each other, each one is different\u2026 <\/span><\/div>\n
And its not deciduous\u2026 you\u2019ll notice in the pictures that 20 percent or so leaves are turning brown\u2026 ready to fall\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
These digital pics are from 2007 fig 1, 2) and 2011 (fig 3 and 4) all from the Hort gardens\u2026 see the label \/Placard has changed\u2026 and fig number 5 is from Kolkata Bot G, \u00a0beginning of summer each.<\/div>\n
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Could see the vultures and the Sterculia<\/i> fruit adopted the shape of vulture.<\/p>\n

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Help in Id DSC 8600\/04<\/a> : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors.
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This can be Sterculia alata<\/i>.. though cannot be certain..<\/p>\n

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Likely to be Sterculia alata.<\/i><\/p>\n

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sterculia alata, chandigarh<\/a> : Attachments (5). 1 post by 1 author.
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Interesting plants of AJCB Indian Botanic Garden: MAD TREE (Pterygota alata var. irregularis), Shibpur, Howrah: SCFEB25<\/a>\u00a0: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).<\/span><\/div>\n
Pterygota alata<\/span><\/span><\/i> ( <\/span><\/span>Roxb.<\/span><\/span><\/a> ) <\/span>R.Br.<\/span><\/span><\/a> var. irregularis<\/i> ( <\/span>W.W.Sm.<\/span><\/span><\/a> ) <\/span>Deb<\/span><\/span><\/a> & <\/span>S.K.Basu<\/span><\/span><\/a> (Family- Malvaceae<\/i>)
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>This plant is also known as MAD TREE<\/span><\/b> because leaves are of variously shaped in a single branch.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pterygota alata from Uttarakhand: May 2014 DSR_4<\/a> :\u00a02 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
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Leaves have started falling from the tree nowadays and meanwhile I was able to locate some of the “Buddha’s Coconuts<\/b>” (fruits of it) on the high branches.
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Thanks …, I was able to get flower pics of the same tree this year..they are high up..<\/p>\n

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Hypericaceae, Clusiaceae and Dipterocarpaceae Fortnight: Shorea robusta from TDL Herbal Garden, Yamuna nagar-GSNOV15<\/a> : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
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Can this be Sterculia alata<\/i> instead..<\/p>\n

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Your are quite aware that flowers and fruits are important criteria for the identification of any plant. Your photograph has only leaves which leads difficulties for the identification of any plant. However the shape and the structures of leaves I agree with Dr. Nidhan Singh that tree can be Sterculia and the species can be nobilis instead alata.<\/p>\n

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Malvaceae Fortnight :: Sterculia alata ::Mumbai :: PKAJUL59:<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
\n<\/span>Sterculia alata<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>at Mumbai.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Malvaceae Fortnight :: Sterculia sp.? ::Yana :: PKAJUL99:\u00a0:\u00a03 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Very Tall Sterculia<\/i> trees seen at Yana (North Karnataka).<\/span>
\nCould this be Sterculia alata<\/i>?<\/div>\n
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Malvaceae fortnight ::Pterygota alata: Pune: SMP23<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images.<\/div>\n
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Malvaceae Fortnight- Post 43 :: Sterculia alata : NS August 28\/28<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)<\/span><\/div>\n
These shots were taken in K.U.<\/span> Kururkshetra..<\/span><\/div>\n
A big tree, known more for its look and grace than for its flowers…<\/span><\/div>\n
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ID – Tree MS\/J15\/001<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is probably Pterygota alata<\/i>…<\/p>\n

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ID GK2<\/a>\u00a0: 5 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)
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ID KANNUR 0602<\/a> : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)<\/span><\/div>\n
Please identify this large shrub<\/span> from kannur district of Kerala,<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/i><\/b>Pterygota alata<\/span><\/a>: Just to share……..
\nPterygota alata Syn Sterculia alata
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Malvaceae week :: Pterygota alata<\/span><\/a>: Pterygota alata\u00a0(L.) Willd.<\/p>\n

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commonly known as: buddha coconut \u2022 *Assamese<\/b>*: tula \u2022 *Bengali<\/b>*: buddha narikel \u2022 *Kannada<\/b>*: kolugida \u2022 *Malayalam<\/b>*: porila \u2022 *Marathi<\/b>*: \u0915\u0930\u0935\u091f\u0940 karvati \u2022 *Tamil<\/b>*: \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf kodaittondi<\/div>\n
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\nJul 7, 2007 in Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai
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I\u00a0love to see this tree with straight long trunk in the evergreen forests<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Yes fruits and seeds of Pterygota alata<\/i> of Malvaceae<\/i> (earlier in Sterculiaceae<\/i>) family.<\/p>\n

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Commonly known as Buddha’s coconut.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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Requesting id<\/span><\/a>:
\nGateway to JOG Falls, Shimoga district, karnataka<\/span> is Talguppa<\/span> for southern people. Railway line after conversion got open recently. Five huge trees in fruiting attracted our attention. Looks to be exotic. Requesting id.<\/div>\n
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I think … is right.
\nIt is Pterygota alata<\/i> Syn. Sterculia alata<\/i><\/p>\n

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This is Pterigota<\/i> alata, commonly known as Budha’s coconut<\/b>. I have seen this tree in Madras Theosophical society campus also.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is Pterygota alata<\/i> (Roxb.) R. Brown (Syn: Sterculia alata<\/i>)- of Sterculiaceae<\/i> family. It is not an exotic species as they are distributed in our forests they grow as tall as >35m in the evergreen forests.
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efloraofindia:”For Id 28032013MR2\u2019\u2019 tall tree with big roundish leaves at Pune<\/span><\/a> : 3 images.\u00a04 posts by 2 authors. 29\/01\/2013. requesting identification of a tall roadside tree<\/span> at Bund garden corner at Pune<\/span>. There are 2 such trees with big roundish leaves.<\/span> no flowers or fruits were seen. Sorry for the poor quality of pics<\/p>\n

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Identification<\/a> : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)- around 700 kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
Kindly identify this tree<\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n
Date\/Time- <\/span>10<\/span> FEB 2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Hosakerehalli, Bengaluru<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Looks like <\/span>Sterculiaceae<\/i> tree. Please check for <\/span>Pterigota<\/i> (<\/span>P.alata<\/i> ?).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Please check for Berrya cordifolia<\/i> as well.\u00a0The flower like structure looks like the fruits of the tree.<\/div>\n
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Sterculia alata \/ Pterygota alata<\/i> (Buddhas Coconut<\/b>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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MS\/12\/2019\/5 – ID of the tree sapling<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4<\/span>)- around 500\u00a0kb each.<\/span><\/div>\n
Please ID the plant. Photographs taken at a play ground<\/span> in Mysore.<\/span> It could be Pterigota alata<\/i> ?<\/div>\n
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Yes sir, this is Pterygota alata<\/i> (Roxb.) R.Br.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fwd: Unable to deliver your message<\/a> : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1<\/span>)
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\n<\/span>Location: Kandivali (east), Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Local name: Narikel, Buddha’s coconut,
\n<\/strong>Botanical name: <\/span>Pterygota alata<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thank you for the id. I didn’t find it in ‘Trees of Mumbai’ BNHS 2006. The closest I came to was in ‘Trees of Delhi’ Penguin 2006 but I was confused when described as “A towering giant of rainforests of NE and WGhats, and one of Delhi’s tallest trees though it is stunted here.” Nevertheless, its a planted roadside tree but probably will not grow to its full, magnificent size. Worth following this trees over the years…<\/p>\n

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What tree is this?<\/a>: 1 image.<\/p>\n

Can you please help id this tree.<\/div>\n
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Please\u00a0 post better pictures, possible original photos rather than screen shots for ID. It is difficult to ID the\u00a0 picture posted by you which is unclear and\u00a0 a xerox coy of the photograph !!!
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Sorry sir, but this is the best I have at present.<\/p>\n

This image is from Aga Khan Palace in Pune.<\/div>\n
Currently due to covid restrictions can’t get a better image.<\/div>\n
The tree is tall, with broad leaves and buttress root stem structure.
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Yes, possible as per images at\u00a0Pterygota alata<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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This was clicked at the Indian Botanic Garden (AJBC Garden)<\/span> at Shibpur, Howrah, WB\u00a0<\/span> in December 2021.<\/div>\n
The trees were too tall and hence could not get a pic of the canopy.<\/div>\n
The nameplate too was not at all clear. Sterculiaceae<\/em> can be gathered from the faint lettering on the board.
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Just going through FB, similar trees have been posted in the group as Pterygota alata<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Yes, you may be right as per images at\u00a0Pterygota alata<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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identify this ficus tree species<\/a>: 3 images.
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Pictures are not clear. Hence, ID is difficult.<\/p>\n

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This does not look like a\u00a0Ficus<\/i> to me.
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I agree with … Nevertheless, to confirm please post better pictures. You are focusing against the light.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2551740<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Pterygota alata in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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