Sterculia africana

Sterculia africana
S. africana taken in Namaso Bay, Southern Lake Malawi.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sterculia
Species:
S. africana
Binomial name
Sterculia africana
Synonyms
  • Clompanus africana (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Sterculia triphaca R.Br.
  • Triphaca africana Lour.
  • Clompanus arabica (T.Anderson) Kuntze
  • Sterculia abyssinica R.Br.
  • Sterculia africana var. socotrana (K.Schum.) Fiori
  • Sterculia arabica T.Anderson
  • Sterculia guerichii K.Schum.
  • Sterculia ipomoeifolia Garcke
  • Sterculia triphaca var. guerichii K.Schum.
  • Sterculia triphaca var. socotrana K.Schum.

Sterculia africana is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (previously the Sterculiaceae, now relegated to a subfamily). This deciduous tree is sometimes referred to by the common names African star-chestnut and mopopaja tree. It is distributed throughout Northeast Africa to Arabia.

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