sterculia

Noun
  1. Any tree of the genus Sterculia (synset 112215908)
    is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
    subtypes:
    • panama tree, sterculia apetala - large deciduous tree native to Panama and from which the country takes its name; having densely leafy crown and naked trunk
    • java olives, kalumpang, sterculia foetida - large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
    belongs to: genus sterculia - type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics

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