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Tropical Chestnuts

Sterculia lanceolata

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Description:

Twenty five to thirty feet tall multi-trunk tree with open-hand sized crimson red flowers bearing dark bluish fleshy seeds. Many fleshy petals and seeds are seen fallen to the ground. Many seeds are already germinating (e.g. photo no.5).

Habitat:

This bunch of tree was spotted growing along with a bamboos on an isolated plot. Surrounding it there are human settlements in hamlets, there also tea gardens and other forests. The place is warm to hot. Altitude about 1,000m.

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Comments (5)

Thanks Life Is Like a Lime, Machi, Daniele, maplemoth662 and IvanPancic for liking it.
@DrNamgyalT.Sherpa .. Welcome :)
Sterculia lanceolata Ref : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia_lanceolata

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