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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Sterculioideae — certain foul-smelling tropical andsubtropical plants.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tropical deciduous (monsoon) forest occurs along the bases of hills and on valley bottoms, characterized by tree species such as Sterculia foedita, Oroxylum indicum, Tamarindus indica, Zizyphus horsfeldi, Schleichera oleosa, Cassia javanica, Murraya paniculata, Diospyros javanica, Harrisonia brownii and Piliostigma malabaricum.
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In the tropical semi-evergreen forests common trees and shrubs are Albizia procera, Duabanga grandiflora, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Crateva unilocularis, Sterculia urens, Grewia serrulata, Mallotus philippensis, Bridelia retusa, Aphania rubra, Leea indica and L. umbraculifera.
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Triplochiton, Commiphora, Entandrophragma and Sterculia spp. grow on the talus in the gorge.
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Originally, this community comprised baobab Adansonia digitata and several species of Ficus, Sterculia, Khaya, and Albizzia.
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Dense dry thicket and scrub forest are the typical woodland physiognomies, with Sterculia setigera, Euphorbia conspicua, Strychnos spp.,
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Below 1,000 meters (m) the common tree species include Sterculia foetida and Calophyllum teysmannii (both of which produce oil-bearing seeds) and Aleurites moluccana.
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The deciduous species are Pterocarpus indicus, Antiais toxicaria (Moraceae), Ficus spp., and Sterculia spp.
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Dominant trees include Tamarindus indica and Sterculia foetida.
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Myristica sebifera, Sterculia apetala, and Vitex cymosa.
Beni savanna 2008
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Species listed include Afzelia bipindensis (V), Anthonotha ferruginea and Piptandeniastrum africanum (V) in the Leguminosae, Sterculia oblonga and Triplochiton scleroxylon (V) in the Sterculiaceae, rouge Entandrophragma sp.,
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