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Sterculia guttata

Sterculia guttata

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Sterculia guttata (Sterculia guttata)

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Scientific name
Sterculia guttata
Family
Malvaceae, order Malvales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

Bright red pods that burst open.

  • Spot it Red pods that open to show black seeds.
  • Home Mount Abu hills.
  • Food web Bright pods and seeds attract birds.
  • Why it matters Bird-attracting seeds help the tree spread.

Read more: Sterculia guttata on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Mount Abu.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Sterculiaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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