Sterculia
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Sterculia is a genus colloquially termed the tropical chestnuts.
Sterculia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix xenaula, which feeds exclusively on the genus.
Sterculia species (tropical chestnuts)
- Sterculia africana – Mopopaja tree
- Sterculia alata – Buddha coconut
- Sterculia alexandrii – Cape sterculia
- Sterculia apetala – Panama tree
- Sterculia balanghas
- Sterculia carthaginensis
- Sterculia chicha – Maranhão nut
- Sterculia colorata – Scarlet Sterculia
- Sterculia diversifolia – Bottle tree
- Sterculia foetida – Sterculia nut, Java olive
- Sterculia guerichii
- Sterculia guttata
- Sterculia ipomoeifolia
- Sterculia lychnophora Hance – Malva nut, Marg Jong (Thailand)
- Sterculia monosperma – China chestnut, Pheng phok
- Sterculia murex – Lowveld chestnut
- Sterculia oblongata
- Sterculia quadrifida – Gorarbar
- Sterculia quinqueloba – Five-lobed sterculia
- Sterculia ramiflora – An-ji-ur
- Sterculia rhinopetala – Red Sterculia
- Sterculia rogersii – Ulumbu tree
- Sterculia rupestris – Narrow-leaved bottle tree
- Sterculia scaphigera – Pang da hai, the boat Sterculia seed
- Sterculia schumanniana
- Sterculia tomentosa
- Sterculia treubii
- Sterculia trichosiphon – Broad-leaved bottle tree
- Sterculia triphaca
- Sterculia urceolata
- Sterculia urens – Gulu
- Sterculia zastrowiana
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