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Spotted Sterculia
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Spotted Sterculia
ative Photos: Vihang Ghalsasi
Common name: Spotted Sterculia • Assamese: হিৰিখ Hirikh • Gujarat: કુકર Kukar, ગોલડરો Goldaro • Hindi: हिरीक Hirik • Kannada: ಹಪ್ಪುಸವಗ Happu Savaga, ಹಪ್ಪುಸಾವಿಗೆ Happusaavige, ಹುಲಿತೊರಡು Huli Toradu • Konkani: कुकर Kukar, कुळिंदर Kulinder • Malayalam: കാവളം Kaavalam, പീനാറി Peenari, രമണപ്പൂ Ramanappoo, തൊണ്ടി Thondi • Marathi: गोलदडा Goldada, गोलदार Goldaar, कुकर Kukar • Tamil: கழுதைவிடை Kalutaivitai, காவலம் Kavalam, பீ Pi, தொண்டி Tonti • Tulu: ಗೋಣಪೊತ್ತೆಲ್ Gonapotthelu, ಪೀನಾರಿ Peenaari Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Sterculia guttata    Family: Sterculiaceae (Cacao family)
Spotted Sterculia is a tree with a straight trunk. Leaves are hairless above, velvety beneath, oblong-ovate acute or acuminate. Leaf base is rounded or nearly heart-shaped. Flower panicles are sparingly branched. Flower-buds are spherical. Flowers are chiefly male. Sepal tube 1/3 inches densely rusty hairy outside, glandular within, bell-shaped, divided into 5; segments broadly ovate-acute, ultimately reflexed, covered with long hairs. Flowers are yellow, with purple glands on the inside of the petals. Anthers 12, Ovary stalked, spherical, 3-5-lobed. Style curved, stigma 3-5 lobed. Follicles 1-5, size of a small apple, each about 3 inches, obovoid, covered with reddish down, smooth, pink within. Flowering: December.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale Photographed in Maharashtra.
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