Introduction
Scientific Name:Sterculia ceramica R. Br.
Family:Sterculiaceae
life form:Tree
Habitats and Distribution
Distributed in the Philippines. Taiwan, on Is. Lanyu and Is. Lutao.
Life form
Leaves
Leaves simple, often crowded at apices of stems, shining, glabrous, ovate, 17.5 cm long, 10 cm broad, cordate at the base; petiole 5.5 cm long.
Flower
Panicles crowded at apices of twigs; flower polygamous-monoecious; calyx yellow-green, stellate-pubescent outside, tomentose inside.
Fruit
Follicle 1-3, orange-red, free, radiating from a common stalk, with long podium, glabrous.
Microcharacteristic
Tissue Section
Palynology
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