Sterculia foetida L.

The New York Botanical Garden
Sterculiaceae
Sterculia foetida L.
det. A. S. Roberts, 2011
Cambodia. Kampong Thom Province. Steung Sen. Toul
Samroung; on floodplain southeast ofRoka Village, Sanghat
Srayov.
10-14 m.
Large, non-flooding hillock amid shallowly flooding rice
fields.
To 15 m tall and 280 cm DBH; new leaves red; flowers red.
Rare.
Use: Tapped for resin; seldom cut down though large
individuals may be used to build roof supports for
temples
N. V. to in ti [Khmer]
24 February 2009
A. S. Roberts 110
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