Photo by Olaf Pronk, Madagascar,
Laurette E.U.R.L. |
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This member of the
Sterculiaceae*
family was given this name by André Joseph Guillaume Henri (Ahmad
Jahja Goh Hartono) Kostermans in 1954. It is found in the western
Madagascar, growing in well drained soil with some water and lots of
sun. The stem will grow up to 40 centimetres in diameter and 20
meters high. It tend to be a little too slim by age... The flowers
are red. *This family might been incorporated
in the Malvaceae
family now, as sub-family: Sterculioideae, tribe: Sterculieae. |
