FIRMIANA COLORATA

Found in Copenhagen Botanical Garden with the name Gyrocarpus jacquinii. Tend to be a little slim by age. The seeds by Chanin Thorut, Thailand. Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand. Photo by Chanin Thorut, Thailand. P hoto by Chanin Thorut, Thailand. Robert Brown, 1844 STERCULIACEAE* Andaman Island, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam Mix Medium - Maximum Medium 60 Centimetres 15 Meters Red-Orange Seeds/Cuttings Coloured Sterculia, Iwil-iwil, Indian Almond, Po-fai Sterculia colorata William Roxburgh, 1795. Erythropsis colorata Burkill, 1931. Clompanus colorata, Kuntze. Erythropsis roxburghiana, Schott & Endl. Firmiana rubriflora, Kosterm. Karaka colorata, Raf. Sterculia rubicunda, Wall.

This member of the Sterculiaceae* family was given this name by Robert Brown in 1844. It is found in most of southern Asia, growing on limestone or other well drained soil with some to much water and some sun. It will grow to a slim tree with a stem 60 centimetres in diameter and fifteen meters high. The flowers are red-orange.

The genera name in honour of Joseph von Firmian, 18th century Imperial Governor of Lombardy.

The species name means 'coloured'.