Malvaceae week :: Sterculia foetida

[Dinesh Valke]

Sterculia foetida L.

• stur-KEW-lee-uh -- from the Latin stercus; meaning, manure or dung
  FET-uh-duh -- stinking

Mar 15, 2008 along Gladys Alvares Road near Lokpuram, Thane


commonly known as: hazel sterculia, Indian almond, Java olive, peon, poon tree, skunk tree, sterculia nut, stinky sterculia, tropical chestnut, wild almond • Bengali: জংগলী বাদাম jungli badam, বাক্স বাদাম baksho baadaam • Hindi: जंगली बादाम jangali badam • Kannada: bhatala penari • Konkani: कुवें रुक kuvem ruk, नागिन nagin • Malayalam: പിണര് pinar, പീനാറി pinari, പൊട്ടക്കാവളം pottakkavalam, മലംപരത്തി malamparaththi • Marathi: जंगलीबादाम jangalibadam, पुनव punava • Sanskrit: पुतिदारु putidaru, वित्खदिर vitkhadirah • Tamil: குதிரைப்பிடுக்கன் kutiraippitukkan, பீநாறி pinari • Telugu: అడవిబాదము adavibadamu, గుర్రపుబాదము gurrapubadamu, మంచిపొణకు manciponaku

Native to: east Africa, tropical Asia, north Australia

• ... Dec 8, 2007 near Back Bay Reclamation, Mumbai
• ... Jan 17, 2010 in premises of Bassein fort, Vasai, Maharashtra
• ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Sterculiafoetida&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Arya]

Seen this tree in Tirupati (AP) but could not capture after seeing fruits i could come to know that the plant was S. foetida. Thanks for Sharing

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Mohan V. Chunkath]

Dear Dinesh ji,

Another series of superb photographs! 

Regards,

Mohan