Sterculia africana

Sterculia africana
S. africana taken in Namaso Bay, Southern Lake Malawi.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sterculia
Species:
S. africana
Binomial name
Sterculia africana
Synonyms

Triphaca africana Lour.
Sterculia triphaca R. Br.
Sterculia ipomoeifolia Garcke
Sterculia guerichii K.Schum. ex Engl.
Sterculia africana var. socotrana (K. Schum.) Fiori
Sterculia abyssinica R. Br.
Clompanus africana (Lour.) Kuntze

Sterculia africana or African star-chestnut is a deciduous tree, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae (previously the Sterculiaceae, now relegated to a subfamily). The species is sometimes called the "mopopaja tree". It is distributed throughout Northeast Africa to Arabia.

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