STERCULIA RHYNCHOCARPA
Author:
Karl Moritz Schumann, 1904
Family:
STERCULIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
K. Schum. (1904). In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 323.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
1 Meter
Height:
10 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Sterculia rivae, Chiov.
This member of the Sterculiaceae* family was described by K. Schumann in 1904. It is from Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania, where it grows in open forests with some water and some sun. It will grow to ten meters with a trunk one meter in diameter. The flowers are greenish to yellowish, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
The genera name after the Latin god; Sterculius. The species name from Greek rhynchos; 'beak' and carpa; 'fruit'.
Flower
Greenish - Yellow.
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
