Malvaceae
Sterculia africana
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sterculia
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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.