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Sterculia foetida L.

Hazel Sterculia

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Hazel Sterculia
Other names

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories Java; Philippines (Luzon to Mindanao); Palawan; Sumatra; peninsular Malaysia (north and east of Malaya); Myanmar (Chin, Kayah, Kayin, Mandalay, Yangon); India (West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Thailand; Viet Nam; Laos; Borneo; Sulawesi; Moluccas; Lesser Sunda Isl.; New Guinea (Irian Jaya); Taiwan [I]; Jamaica [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Cuba [I]; Dominica [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Montserrat [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Hainan [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Moorea [I]); Mozambique [I]; Benin [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Sterculia
Species foetida
Author citation L.
Scientific name Sterculia foetida L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Bark

Hazel Sterculia

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Hazel Sterculia

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Hazel Sterculia

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Hazel Sterculia

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson