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sterculia

DEFINITIONS OF: sterculia

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n any tree of the genus Sterculia

Types:
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, Sterculia foetida, kalumpang
large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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