Common Names - Sterculia Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - DC. or Vent. | Total Number of genera - 67 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 1500 |
Plant forms - Trees, Shrubs, rarely herbs, lianes | |
World Distribution - Tropical & warm climates, few in temperate areas Timbers in Argyrodendron, Guazuma, Heritiera, Mansonia, Nesogordonia, Pterospermum, Sterculia, Triplochiton (Obeche) | |
Comments - Mostly trees & shrubs. Has commercial timbers. 65 genera with 650 species are trees. |