Malvaceae
Pterygota alata
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pterygota
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Common names
By language (5)
- Bangla
- বুদ্ধনারকেল
- Chinese
- 翅苹婆, 翅蘋婆, 海南苹婆
- French
- Noix de Bouddha
- German
- Buddhanuss
- Malayalam
- ആനത്തൊണ്ടി, Buddha-coconut
Synonyms
- Clompanus alata (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Pterygota alata var. irregularis (W.W.Sm.) Deb & S.K.Basu
- Pterygota roxburghii Schott & Endl.
- Sterculia alata Roxb.
- Sterculia coccinea Wall.
- Sterculia haynei Bedd.
Photos

Photo: IKAl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.