Flowering but else dormant
plant by Hannon.
Found in Copenhagen Botanical
Garden
with the name Gyrocarpus jacquinii.
Tend to be a little slim by
age.
The seeds by Chanin
Thorut, Thailand.
Photo by Chanin
Thorut, Thailand.
Photo by Chanin
Thorut, Thailand.
Photo
by Chanin Thorut, Thailand.
|
| Author: | Robert
Brown, 1844 |
| Family: |
STERCULIACEAE* |
| Origin: |
Andaman
Island, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central,
East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
60
Centimetres |
| Height: |
15 Meters |
| Flower:
|
Red-Orange |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Coloured
Sterculia, Iwil-iwil, Indian Almond, Po-fai |
| Synonyms: |
Sterculia colorata William Roxburgh, 1795.
Erythropsis colorata Burkill, 1931.
Clompanus colorata, Kuntze.
Erythropsis roxburghiana, Schott & Endl.
Firmiana rubriflora, Kosterm.
Karaka colorata, Raf.
Sterculia rubicunda, Wall. |
This member of the
Sterculiaceae* family was given this name by Robert Brown in
1844. It is found in most of southern Asia,
growing on limestone or other well drained soil with some to much
water and some sun. It will grow to a slim tree with a stem 60
centimetres in diameter and fifteen meters
high. The flowers are red-orange.
The genera name in honour
of Joseph von Firmian, 18th century Imperial Governor of Lombardy.
The species name means 'coloured'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Sterculiaceae is now part of the Malvaceae. This plant have often
been sold as
Gyrocarpus americanus/jacquinii, but it's leaves are
almost flat, and it have no smell. |
|
The early flowers by Hannon.
Photo by Berry Stock of his own plant.
Photo by Berry Stock of his own plant.
Photo by Berry Stock of his own plant.
Photo by Berry Stock of his own plant.
Photo
by Chanin Thorut, Thailand. |
