Sterculia graciliflora Perkins

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Sterculia graciliflora Perkins

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 13119, Apr 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa City. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan.

  • Habitat

    dense woods. more or less stony and compact soil.

  • Description

    Slender erect tree; stem 6 inches thick, 30 feet high, branched chiefly at the top, subterete, wood very soft, odorless and tasteless, dingy white or murky in the center; bark thick, smooth and greyish white, the inner portion yellowish; branches erect, rebranched, lax, the ultimate ones short; leaves horizontally spreading, subchartaceous, shallowly folded upon the upper slightly greener surface; inflorescence similarly spreading, all the stalks pale green, perianth pale red on the outside, deep red on the inner side, soft, pendulous; flowers odorless and early falling;.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4353865

    Occurrence ID: e35935af-8460-47cd-9cc8-761e030eebd8

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • County/Municipio

    Puerto Princesa City

  • Locality

    Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 76 m. (249 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

  • Distribution

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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PUERTO PRINCE8A (MT. PULQAR), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
ISLAND OF PALAWAN, APRIL, 1911
12119« Sterculia graciliflora Perk« Slander
erect tree la more or less stony and compact soil of
4en*e woods at Z&O feet; stem 6 inches thick, 50 feet
high, branched ohiefly at the top, subterete; wood Tery
•oft, odorless and tasteless, dingy white or murky 1m
the center; hark thick, smooth and grayish white, the
inner portion yellowish; branches erect, rebranched,
lax, the ultimate ones short; leaves horizontally spread-
ing, subchartaceous, shallowly folded upon the upper
•lightly greener surface; inflorescence similarly
spreading, all the stalks pale green; perianth pale red
‘ on the outside, deep red on the inner side, soft, pendulous;
flowers odorless and early falling; Puerto Prinoesa,
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