Sterculia foetida, Peon, Indian Almond, Hazel Sterculia, Java Olive, Skunk Tree

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Sterculia foetida, Peon, Indian Almond, Hazel Sterculia, Java Olive, Skunk Tree

Sterculia foetida
Family: Sterculiaceae
Peon, Indian Almond, Hazel Sterculia, Java Olive, Skunk Tree
Origin: Tropical Asia, Australia
Can be used for bonsai

Large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food. Roasted seeds are edible. Seeds are above-average for angiospermous plants for the amino acids. It has unisexual flowers with a single perianth whorl constituting a valvate calyx. Female flower has anthers of vestigial stamens around the base of the stalked ovary.

See article about this tree.

Also placed in Malvaceae ssf. Sterculioideae.

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3670 Sterculia foetida - seeds
Peon, Indian Almond. Large tree of Old World tropics with orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food. Roasted seeds are edible.
Soak seeds overnight and use well drained mix.
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Per pack: 6 large seeds

5 Pack(s) in stock

4.95

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