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Sterculia oblonga (Yellow Sterculia)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Yellow Sterculia (Eribroma oblonga) is a commercial timber tree in the Sterculiaceae family.It is native to the tropical rainforests of Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Sterculia oblonga

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Sterculia oblonga

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1120 lbf (508 kgf) Soft

Predators

Chionaspis sterculiae[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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