Found in Copenhagen Botanical
Garden
with the name Gyrocarpus jacquinii.
My photo.
Photos by Chanin
Thorut, Thailand.
Tend to be a little slim by
age.
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This member of the
Sterculiaceae* family was given this name by Robert Brown in 1844.
It is found in southern Yunnan (India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam),
growing on limestone or other well drained soil with some to much
water and some sun. It will grow to a slim tree, fifteen meters
high. The flowers are red-orange. *This family might been incorporated
in the Malvaceae
family now, as sub-family: Sterculioideae, tribe: Sterculieae.
This plant have often
been sold as
Gyrocarpus americanus/jacquinii, but it's leaves are
almost flat, and it have no smell. |
