Sterculia balanghas

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Sterculia balanghas
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sterculia
Species:
S. balanghas
Binomial name
Sterculia balanghas
L.
Synonyms
  • Balanghas telaboRaf.
  • Southwellia angustifolia Wight
  • Southwellia balanghas Spach [1]

Sterculia balanghas is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Leaves are simple, alternate; swollen at base and tipped; lamina elliptic, obovate, oblong, elliptic-ovate or oblong-ovate; base subcordate or round; apex acuminate; with entire margin. Flowers may be unisexual or polygamous are yellow or greenish-purple in color. Inflorescence show terminal or axillary panicles. Orange to red colored fruit is oblong and seeds are black in color. [2]

Malvaceae family of plants

Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ornamentals, such as Alcea (hollyhock), Malva (mallow) and Lavatera, as well as Tilia. The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus, Sterculia, Dombeya, Pavonia and Sida.

India Country in South Asia

India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Sri Lanka Island country in South Asia

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.

The plant is known as "nawa - නාවා" [3] by Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka. [4] It is widely used as an ornamental tree and as a fence tree in Sri Lanka.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sterculia balanghas L. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. ↑ "Sterculia balanghas Ait. | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  3. ↑ "Sterculia balanghas ,Sterculiaceae Family,SriLankaView, Flora in Sri Lanka,". srilankaview.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Biodiversity of Sri Lanka: නාවා[Nawa] (Sterculia balanghas)". biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-07-04.


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