S. africana taken in Namaso Bay, Southern Lake Malawi.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
(Lour.) Fiori
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[2] or African star-chestnut[citation needed] is a deciduous tree, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae (previously the Sterculiaceae, now relegated to a subfamily).[3] The species is sometimes called the "mopopaja tree". It is distributed throughout Northeast Africa to Arabia.
^Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Sterculia africana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T62754A146209124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T62754A146209124.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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