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Trees with leaves entire or lobed. Flowers borne on panicles appearing with the new foliage. Trees monoecious or dioecious. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Calyx 4-5-lobed; petals 0. Male flowers with 10-20 anthers in a capitate cluster borne on a slender androphore. Ovary of female flowers with 4-5 coherent carpels; 2 to many ovules per carpel. Fruit a cluster of follicles, often woody. Derivation of name: The genus is named for Sterculius, the Roman god for manure, the reason being the unpleasant smell of the flowers of some species, e.g. Sterculia foetida. Worldwide: Throughout the tropics, with about 24 species in Africa. Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
africana (Lour.) Fiori | N,C,S | Description, Image |
appendiculata K. Schum. | S | Description, Image |
quinqueloba (Garcke) K. Schum. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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