Botanical name: Sterculia tragacantha
Common names: Gum Tragacanth, Sterculia
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Origin: Tropical Africa
A medium-sized, deciduous tree with more obviously whorled boughs and clustered leaves.
Similar plants: Sterculia tragacantha (Gum Tragacanth)
- Brachychiton australis (Broad Leaved Bottletree)
- Firmiana colorata (Colored Sterculia)
- 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)
- Sterculia lanceifolia (Lanceleaf Sterculia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/sterculia_tragacantha.htm