Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sterculiaceae | Sterculia
22. Sterculia lanceolata Cavanilles; Diss. 5: 287. 1788.
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?Helicteres undulata Loureiro; Sterculia balansae Aug. Candolle.
Trees. Branchlets at first pilose. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic; lanceolate; or elliptic-lanceolate; 9-20 x 3.5-8 cm; abaxially nearly glabrous; adaxially glabrous; lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib; curved upward; connected near margin; base obtuse or nearly rounded; apex acute. Inflorescence paniculate; 4-10 cm; densely many-branched. Calyx reddish; divided almost to base; pubescent abaxially; lobes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic; 4-6 mm; stellately spreading; margins ciliate; apex obtuse or minutely mucronate. Male flowers: androgynophore 2-3 mm; curved. Anthers ca. 10. Female flowers: ovary globose; hairy. Style curved; stigma minutely 5-lobed. Follicle red when fresh; narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid; 5-7 x 2-2.5 cm; 2-4-seeded; densely puberulent; base attenuate; apex beaked. Seeds black-brown; ellipsoid-ovoid; ca. 1 cm. Fl. Apr-Jun.
Usually near streams. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; S Sichuan; Yunnan [Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is the most widely distributed member of the genus in the Flora area. The bark fiber is used for making bags and paper.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Sterculiaceae | Sterculia
22. Sterculia lanceolata Cavanilles; Diss. 5: 287. 1788.
??? jia ping po
?Helicteres undulata Loureiro; Sterculia balansae Aug. Candolle.
Trees. Branchlets at first pilose. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic; lanceolate; or elliptic-lanceolate; 9-20 x 3.5-8 cm; abaxially nearly glabrous; adaxially glabrous; lateral veins 7-9 on each side of midrib; curved upward; connected near margin; base obtuse or nearly rounded; apex acute. Inflorescence paniculate; 4-10 cm; densely many-branched. Calyx reddish; divided almost to base; pubescent abaxially; lobes oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic; 4-6 mm; stellately spreading; margins ciliate; apex obtuse or minutely mucronate. Male flowers: androgynophore 2-3 mm; curved. Anthers ca. 10. Female flowers: ovary globose; hairy. Style curved; stigma minutely 5-lobed. Follicle red when fresh; narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid; 5-7 x 2-2.5 cm; 2-4-seeded; densely puberulent; base attenuate; apex beaked. Seeds black-brown; ellipsoid-ovoid; ca. 1 cm. Fl. Apr-Jun.
Usually near streams. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; S Sichuan; Yunnan [Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
This species is the most widely distributed member of the genus in the Flora area. The bark fiber is used for making bags and paper.