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Malvaceae

Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sterculia

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Sterculia africana: Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori - Namaso Bay, Southern Lake Malawi.
Photo: Jinge Norvall Andrews, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Afrikaans
Afrikasterkastaiing
Arabic
برازي إفريقي
Chinese
非洲丽苹婆

Synonyms

  • Clompanus africana (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Clompanus arabica (T.Anderson) Kuntze
  • Sterculia abyssinica R.Br.
  • Sterculia africana var. socotrana (K.Schum.) Fiori
  • Sterculia arabica T.Anderson
  • Sterculia guerichii K.Schum. ex Engl.
  • Sterculia ipomoeaefolia Garcke
  • Sterculia triphaca R.Br.
  • Sterculia triphaca var. guerichii K.Schum.
  • Sterculia triphaca var. socotrana K.Schum.
  • Triphaca africana Lour.

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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.