Sterculia — 44 species
Botanical species in the genus Sterculia recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Sterculia africana
Sterculia africana
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Plants are intolerant of frost. Requires a sunny position in a well drained soil.
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Sterculia apetala
Sterculia apetala
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist tropics. Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position. Found mainly in fertile, sandy and calcareous soils in the wild.
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Sterculia caribaea
Sterculia caribaea
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
The plant is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in excess of 1,500mm. The plant is not fussy as to soil conditions, succeeding in most sites, including where the drainage is poor, and thriving in poor sandy soils.
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Sterculia ceramica
Sterculia ceramica
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position.
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Sterculia excelsa
Sterculia excelsa
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in a sunny position or in moderate shade. A fast-growing tree. Newly planted young trees usually grow away quickly.
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Sterculia foetida
Sterculia foetida
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Sterculia foetida is a plant of the hot, tropical lowlands, where it is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 18 - 32°c, but can tolerate 16 - 36°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall within the range 1,100 - 1,800mm, but tolerates 900 - 2,000mm, growing in areas both with or without a clear dry season.
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Sterculia lanceifolia
Sterculia lanceifolia
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position.
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Sterculia monosperma
Sterculia monosperma
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A plant of hot, wet, tropical lowlands. Tolerates a variety of soil conditions. Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position.
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Sterculia murex
Sterculia murex
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A tree of the subtropics in northern S. Africa. Plants are not tolerant of frost.
Full cultivation guide →Sterculia oblonga
Sterculia oblonga
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Seedlings succeed in quite deep shade, but plants require increasing amounts of light as they grow older, requiring full sun as they mature. Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil. Average increase in height in Ghana is about 30cm during the first year with 9-year-old trees achieving heights of 3 - 15 metres tall.
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Sterculia pruriens
Sterculia pruriens
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
The plant is not fussy as to soil conditions, succeeding in most sites, including where the drainage is poor, and thriving in poor sandy soils.
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Sterculia quadrifida
Sterculia quadrifida
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in most soils, so long as they are very well-drained. It grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position. A fast growing tree.
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Sterculia quinqueloba
Sterculia quinqueloba
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the hotter and drier tropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,650 metres. Trees respond well to coppicing.
Full cultivation guide →Sterculia rhinopetala
Sterculia rhinopetala
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
The plant is classified as a non-pioneer light demander. It is shade-tolerant. These apparently conflicting statements probably indicate that young plants are shade tolerant although older plants are more light demanding.
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Sterculia rugosa
Sterculia rugosa
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
The plant is not fussy as to soil conditions, succeeding in most sites, including where the drainage is poor, and thriving in poor sandy soils.
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Sterculia setigera
Sterculia setigera
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position. A dioecious species - both male and female forms need to be grown if seed is required. The trees can be tapped for their gum about 5 times during their lifetime.
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Sterculia striata
Sterculia striata
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the lowland tropics and subtropics, usually at elevations below 900 metres. Grows best in a fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny, sheltered position. Succeeds in dry and stony soils.
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Sterculia urens
Sterculia urens
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Sterculia urens is a plant of low elevations in the arid to moist tropics, where it is usually found at elevations from 300 - 750 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 30 - 42°c, though it can tolerate 7 - 47°c. It can be killed by temperatures of -2°c.
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Sterculia villosa
Sterculia villosa
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
A plant of lowland, subtropical to tropical areas, where it is found at elevations from sea level to 1,050 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 30 - 42°c, though it can tolerate 7 - 47°c. It can be killed by temperatures of -2°c.
Full cultivation guide →Sterculia xolocotzii
Sterculia xolocotzii
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Plants take several years from seed before maturing, and are usually at least 15 metres tall beofre producing seed. S. xolocotzii is considered deciduous in that all the leaves of one flush typically fall at roughly the same time before the next flush. Nevertheless, the tree does not remain leafless for an extended period, and at times a fair number of mature leaves remain on the tree as a new flush begins.
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