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Malvaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Scaphium parviflorum

Scaphium parviflorum

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

A physical dormancy caused by the hard seed coat of the mature seeds of many species in this genus can be overcome by scarifying the seed. This is carried out by cutting away or abrading some of the seed coat to allow the ingress of water, though great care must be taken not to damage the embryo[1]. The aril surrounding the seed should also be removed - this is easiest when it has been softened through soaking in water[1]. The seeds germinate optimally at temperatures between 20 - 30°c. They can be sown in a nursery seedbed or in containers. A germination rate of about 95%, occurring within about 2 weeks can be expected if the seed has been properly treated[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Scaphium+parviflorum>

Pollinators

Bees, Insects

References

  1. [1]Seed Leaflets — Various · Forest & Landscape. Denmark · http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/Publikationer/Udgivelser/PopulaerPublikationer.aspx?katid={D28373CC-6EF3-4EF8-B097-6D83FABF209E}&serieid={9F1C3DB1-6E7B-4CF1-AF53-F480B0CB40EF}&sort=title ↩︎A series of leaflets, jointly produced by the University of Copenhagen and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, focussing on seed information for a number species, but also giving a lot of other information about each plant.
  2. [2]A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae) — Wilkie P. · 2009 · http://10.1017/S0960428609005411 ↩︎
  3. [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  4. [4]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
  5. [5]Cambodiam Tree Species - Monographs. — Cambodia Tree Seed Project · 2004 · http://www.treeseedfa.org/ ↩︎Detailed information on 21 species of Cambodian trees. It is available as a PDF file, available as a download from the Internet.
  6. [6]Scaphium affine(Mast.) Pierre (Sterculiaceae) new for Thailand — Phonsena P. & Wilkie P. · The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. · 2008 ↩︎A short article in a botanical magazine describing Scaphium affine as a distinct species found in Thailand. It can be down loaded from the Internet
  7. [7]Sterculia and Brachychiton: a comprehensive overview on their ethnopharmacology, biological activities, phytochemist — Thabet A.A. et al · 2018 · http://10.1111/jphp.12876 ↩︎
  8. [8]Chinese Materia Medica. — Stuart. Rev. G. A. · Taipei. Southern Materials Centre · 1911 · ISBN - ↩︎A translation of an ancient Chinese herbal. Fascinating.
  9. [9]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
  10. [10]Timber Notes - Light Hardwoods VI (Dedali, Kedondong, Kelempayan, Kelumpang, Kembang Semangkok) — Choo K.T.; Gan S.; Lin S.C. · Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur · 1999 · ISBN 139-258 ↩︎Part of an excellent series of publications, this one giving a brief guide to five lesser known groups of heavy hardwoods from southeast Asia. It is available in PDF format on the Internet.
  11. [11]A Dictionary of Malaysian Timbers — Wong T.M. · Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur · 2002 · http://Elaeocarpaceae · ISBN 983-2181-29-1 ↩︎A fairly comprehensive guide to Malaysian timbers, giving their properties and the main tree species from which they are obtained.