VIRBOGA - Sterculia africana

Ripe fruit with seeds; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Fruit; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Infructescence; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Upper surface of leaf; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Lower surface of leaf; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Bark; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Trunk; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Habit; Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania; 5/2015 © Jörn Germer

Identifier: 2479
Date of entry: 30.05.2015
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

Order: Malvales (81)

Family: Sterculiaceae (6)(family description)

Genus: Sterculia (2)

Epithet: africana (Lour.) Fiori (7)

africana => of African origin

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

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