Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Cylindrical Log
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw032
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Sterculia foetida
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Kasorgod, Kerala
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Malvales
  Family :

Malvaceae
  Genus :

Sterculia
  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Sterculia foetida
 

Author of Species

 :

Carl Linnaeus
  Common/Trade Name :

Bastard poon tree, hazel sterculia, wild almond tree
  Vernacular Name :

Hindi: Jangli-Badam

Kannada: Penari

Tamil: Pee
  Distribution of Species :

Australia, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Yemen, Republic of, Zanzibar
 

Uses

 :

Used locally for doors of huts, dugout canoes, boat planking, guitars and carved toys. Oil from the seed is extracted on a local scale to be used in medicine.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

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