Malvaceae
Panama tree
Sterculia apetala
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sterculia
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Sterculia apetalaMalvaceae
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 巴拿馬樹果
- English
- Panama tree
- Haitian Creole
- Pistachdèzenn
- Lithuanian
- Panaminė sterkulija
Synonyms
- Clompanus apetala (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Clompanus chichus (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
- Clompanus punctatus (DC.) Kuntze
- Helicteres apetala Jacq.
- Sterculia capitata G.Karst. ex F.Seym.
- Sterculia carthaginensis Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.