Scientific Name :
Sterculia foetida L
Synonym :
Clompanus foetida (L.) Kuntze
Sterculia polyphylla R.Br.
Common Name : Java Olive, Jangli badam, Jangali badam
Plant Family : Malvaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : February to August
Flower Colour : Orange red
Description : Height: Upto 35 m
Stem: White, smooth, peeling off in flakes, horizontal branches
Leaves: Palmately compound, leaves at the end of branchlets, rachis swollen at base, leaflets 3 to 9, lanceolate, ellitpical, oblanceolate
Flowers: Calyx 5 lobed, petals 0, male flowers staminal column hairy at base, female flowers ovary 5, gynophore
Inflorescence: Racemose
Fruits: Follicles, 5 lobed, boat shaped, seeds black smooth with yellow aril
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : TL
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent to W. & Central Malesia.
Uses : The plant have anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-obesity potentials.
