Sterculia oblongata

Botanical Description

Sterculia oblongata is a tree growing up to 12 metres tall. The bole can be 70cm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 345 Title Minor Products of Philippine Forests Publication Author Brown. W. H. Publisher Bureau of Forestry, Manilla. Year 1920 ISBN Description A useful guide to some of the plants of the area, though terse on details. The book is out of copyright and can be legally downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree can be up to 50 metres tall, with bole up to 150cm in diameter, and with small to large buttresses that can be up to 6 metres high and 2 metres wide[ 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood, fibre and edible seed. Sterculia oblongata has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].