TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Sterculia tragacantha
Gum Tragacanth, SterculiaFamily: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Origin: Tropical Africa
A medium-sized, deciduous tree with more obviously whorled boughs and clustered leaves.
Similar plants:
- Brachychiton australis, Sterculia trichosiphon (Broad Leaved Bottletree)
- Firmiana colorata, Sterculia colorata (Colored Sterculia, Bonfire tree, Scarlet Sterculia, Iwil-iwil, Indian Almond)
- Firmiana simplex, Sterculia platanifolia (Chinese Parasol Tree)
- Pterygota alata, Sterculia alata (Buddha Coconut )
- Sterculia apetala, Helicteres apetala, Sterculia carthaginensis, Sterculia chicha (Bellota, Panama Tree)
- Sterculia appendiculata (Mgude, Yellow barked Sterculia)
- Sterculia ceramica (Lanyu Sterculia)
- Sterculia coccinea, Sterculia lanceolata var. coccinea, Sterculia hamiltonii (Shrub Sterculia, Kelumpang)
- Sterculia foetida (Peon, Indian Almond, Hazel Sterculia, Java Olive, Skunk Tree)
- Sterculia lanceifolia, Sterculia roxburghii (Lanceleaf Sterculia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/sterculia_tragacantha.htm