Helicteres isora

Its flowers change from white to pale pink and then to pink.

Seed pods have unusual spiral form. Fruits of Helicteres isora are usually prescribed in the Indian traditional systems of medicine, especially in Ayurveda, for a variety of intestinal complaints.

Similar plants:

• Helicteres guazumifolia (Helicteres)
• Helicteres jamaicensis (Cork screw, Cowbush, Jamaica Screw Tree,Salz-Bush, Cow Bush, Blind-eye Bush )
• Sterculia apetala, Helicteres apetala, Sterculia carthaginensis, Sterculia chicha (Bellota, Panama Tree)
• Sterculia lanceolata, Helicteres undulata, Sterculia balansae (Lanceleaf Sterculia)