Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sterculaceae | Genus: Firmiana | Species: Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R. Br. |
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| Synonym | Sterculia
colorata Roxb., Erythropsis colorata Burkill |
Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Pale Sterculia | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Pale Sterculia | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Samari | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a follicle, oblong, strongly nerved, glabrous. Seeds yellow, ovoid, compressed, smooth. |
| Habitat | Moist and Dry deciduous forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | More or less throughout India, S.E. Asia. | Bark Details | Bark grey or brown thick, pale with streaks of cream and yellow |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Moderate-sized deciduous tree up to 25 m tall; younger parts more or less stellate-pubescent; bark grey or brown thick, pale with streaks of cream and yellow. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches broadly ovate, cordate, stellate-pubescent beneath, basally 3-5-nerved, mature leaves 3-lobed; lobes triangular, entire, acute or caudate; leaves deeply 7-lobed or partite in younger plants; stipules lanceolate. Flowers orange-red, stellate-tomentose, with pedicels and rachis of panicle of the same colour. Calyx tomentose without, woolly at base within; lobes 5, ovate-triangular, 3-4 mm long. Gynandrophore to 1.5 cm. Staminal column with 20-30 sessile anthers. Ovary oblong; ovules 2 per cell; style short recurved; stigmas 5. Fruit a follicle, oblong, strongly nerved, glabrous. Seeds yellow, ovoid, compressed, smooth | Leaf Details | Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches broadly ovate, cordate, stellate-pubescent beneath, basally 3-5-nerved, mature leaves 3-lobed; lobes triangular, entire, acute or caudate; leaves deeply 7-lobed or partite in younger plants; stipules lanceolate. |
