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Malvaceae

Sterculia murex Hemsl.

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sterculia

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Sterculia murex: Inflorescence of a Lowveld chestnut, Jan Celliers Park, Pretoria. The species is endemic to Mpumalanga and adjacent Swaziland.
Photo: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Afrikaans
Laeveldsterkastaiing

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Sources: classification 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.