Sterculia urens Roxb.
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Family: SterculiaceaeDistribution:In hill forests. India, Sri Lanka and Malaya Peninsula.6-8m tall deciduous trees; bark whitish, smooth, peeling off in flakes. Leaves 16-30x15-25cm, palmately 3-7 lobed. deltoid ovate, scarbid above, velvety below. Flowers 6-8mm long, yellow, in 10-15cm long panicles.Flowers densly viscid-hairy, calyx pubescent within, Follicles armed with sharp stiging hairs.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district. Locally in telugu it is known as Tella poliki..Gu is extracted from the stem.
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- Sterculia urens (sterculia)
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