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Sterculia monosperma

Synonyms: Clompanus monosperma (homotypic); Southwellia nobilis; Sterculia balanghas (heterotypic); Sterculia monosperma var. monosperma; Sterculia nobilis

Wikipedia Abstract

Sterculia monosperma (Chinese: 蘋婆 (Ping Po); Thai: เกาลัดไทย), also known as Chinese chestnut, Thai chestnut and seven sisters' fruit, and phoenix eye fruit, is a deciduous tropical nut-bearing tree of genus Sterculia. Its origin is Southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Taiwan), but it is now a common cultivated tree in Northern Thailand, Northern Vietnam, mountainous areas of Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Northern Laos and Shan State in Burma.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0