Malvaceae
Sterculia
Sterculia urens
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sterculia
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Common names
By language (9)
- English
- Sterculia
- French
- Karaya
- Gujarati
- કડાયો
- Japanese
- カラヤゴムノキ
- Kannada
- ಕೆಂಪುದಾಳೆ
- Malayalam
- തൊണ്ടി
- sat
- ᱛᱮᱨᱦᱮᱡ
- Tamil
- செந்தனுக்கு
- Vietnamese
- Bảy thưa Thorel
Synonyms
- Cavallium urens (Roxb.) Schott & Endl.
- Clompanus urens (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Kavalama urens (Roxb.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to March (from 59 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: T R Shankar Raman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raja bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shyamal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stuart, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.