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Sterculia rubiginosa

Vent. (1805)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Sterculia

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Description

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Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Sterculia rubiginosa var. rubiginosa

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Jard. Malmaison: t. 91 (1805)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Sterculia rubiginosa Koloa, Lawai, NTBG, Bamboo Bridge Preserved_Specimen 15' tree; leaves clustered at branch tips, glossy pale to medium green; inflorescence branches pale green covered with maroonish hairs, corolla pale green with reddish base, covered with maroonish hairs Flynn, T.W. 5510 Kauai BISH 1994-01-27
2 Sterculia rubiginosa Kipahulu, Oceanside of Hwy 31, 1/10th Mile 41 marker, down private road past entrance to Palapala Hoomaa Church Growing in south-facing pasture above rugged coastline Preserved_Specimen Tree mostly deciduous with leaves only on shaded, north-facing lower portion of branches. All branches flowering. Inflorescences and leaves whorled. Flowers appear brown or rusty-orange from distance; light-brown, mauve tinged with green. Buds brown. Fragrant. Fruits single up to four pe inflorescence, ellipsoid, splitting lenth-wise. Bright orangish-red, pale whitish inside with several hard, black, ovoid seeds- 1cm. long. Ragone, D. 199902 Maui BISH 1999-02-24
3 Sterculia rubiginosa Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, north of Bamboo Bridge crossover. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Tree 7 meter, crown broad, dense, spreading, trunk ca., 40 cm. diameter. New leaves and inflorescences flushing. Leaves shiny medium green. Flowers pink-re. Fruits 1-4 capellate, red orange, seeds shiny blue black. Lorence, D.H. 10689 Kauai BISH 2017-03-24
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