Sterculia megistophylla (Kelumpang Sarawak tree)
Botanical name: Sterculia megistophylla
Common name: Kelumpang Sarawak tree
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Origin: Borneo
The most attractive part of the tree is the bunches of reddish fruits in clusters of five, beset with dense stellate hairs and its inner surface is glabrous on the inner surface. There are about 10-12 seeds in each follicle; these
seeds are ellipsoid, white when young and black when ripened.
Similar plants: Sterculia megistophylla (Kelumpang Sarawak tree)
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- Firmiana simplex (Chinese Parasol Tree)
- Pterygota alata (Buddha Coconut )
- Sterculia apetala (Bellota)
- Sterculia appendiculata (Mgude)
- Sterculia ceramica (Lanyu Sterculia)
- Sterculia coccinea (Shrub Sterculia)
- Sterculia foetida (Peon)
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