Sterculia appendiculata (Mgude)
Sterculia appendiculata leaves with heart shape and distinct veins in black nursery pot
Botanical name: Sterculia appendiculata
Common names: Mgude, Yellow barked Sterculia
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Origin: East Africa
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One of the most characteristic and tallest trees of this vegetation type, it is a protected species and in natural habitat many of these large, yellow-barked trees have been left standing amid cultivation and grazing land, thus indicating how widespread the Sterculia forests used to be.
Similar plants: Sterculia appendiculata (Mgude)
- Brachychiton australis (Broad Leaved Bottletree)
- Firmiana colorata (Colored Sterculia)
- Firmiana simplex (Chinese Parasol Tree)
- Pterygota alata (Buddha Coconut )
- Sterculia apetala (Bellota)
- Sterculia ceramica (Lanyu Sterculia)
- Sterculia coccinea (Shrub Sterculia)
- Sterculia foetida (Peon)
- Sterculia lanceifolia (Lanceleaf Sterculia)
- Sterculia lanceolata (Lanceleaf Sterculia)
Sterculia appendiculata young plant with distinct green heart-shaped leaves in a container.
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/sterculia_appendiculata.htm