Malvaceae FAMILY

Sterculia cordata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sterculia cordata is a deciduous tree growing up to 46 metres tall. The bole can be 76cm in diameter[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. The wood is harvested from the wild for commercial usage.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatAn upper canopy tree in undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 700 metres[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ]. Usually on alluvial sites near or along rivers and streams, but also on ridges. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant[ 653 Title Plants of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://www.asianplant.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Excellent site with brief information on the plant, its range, habitat and uses, plus phots of specimens, close-ops of flowers and leaves etc, ].