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| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Brown Sterculia | |
| Other names | Lotofa |
| Geographic Regions | Western Africa | |||
| States and Territories | Ivory Coast; Ghana; ?Togo; S-Nigeria; W-Cameroon; Central African Republic | |||
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Sterculia | |||
| Species | rhinopetala | |||
| Author citation | K. Schum. | |||
| Scientific name | Sterculia rhinopetala K. Schum. | |||
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S-M | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | n/a | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 750.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 850.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 950.00 | kg/m3 | ||