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Sterculia cinerea

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Name

Identification
Sterculia cinerea A.Rich. [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Vollesen, K., Sterculia abyssinica R.Br. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Sterculia tomentosa unrecorded [family STERCULIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Sterculia tomentosa
  • Sterculia cinerea
  • Sterculia abyssinica
  • Sterculia setigera

Flora

Entry for Sterculia setigera Del. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Sterculia setigera Del. [family STERCULIACEAE], Cent. Pl. Afr. 61 (1826); Aubrév. Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 159, t. 28.
Sterculia tomentosa Guill. & Perr. [family STERCULIACEAE], FlSeneg1: 81, t16 (1831); F.T.A1: 217; KSchumin EnglMonogrAfrSterculiac106; F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 251; Kennedy ForFlSNig63; not of Thunb(1794)
Sterculia cinerea A. Rich. [family STERCULIACEAE], — F.T.A1: 218.
Information
A deciduous,savannah tree, to 40 ft. high; bark rough, yielding a white gum; young branches softly tomentose; flowers dull red or yellowish-green with red streaks, appearing before the new foliage; fruiting carpels usually 4–5, grey to brownish outside, beaked, velvety inside with pungent bristles along the placenta line.
Habitat
savanna
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
Sen. Perrottet 88! Bakel Leprieur. Bondou Heudelot 156.Gam. Dawe 47!Fr. Sud. Bougouni Chev. 678. And various localities fide Aubrév. l.c.Fr. G. Kadé Pobéguin 1983.IV. C. Korhogo Aubrév. 1865. Ferkéssédougou Aubrév. 1619!G. C. Ejura (fr.Togo Sokode (Apr.) Kersting!Dah. Ouessé Poisson 79!N. Nig. Nupe Barter 1115! 1307! Zungeru (Jan.) Elliott 28! Ilorin (Feb., Mar.) Lamb 41! Yola (fr. Oct.) Shaw 93! Musgu (Mar.) E. Vogel 98!S. Nig. Okure Okwe Unwin 152!

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