Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sterculiaceae | Genus: Firmiana | Species: Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br. |
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| Synonym | Sterculia colorata Roxb., Erythropsis colorata | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Coloured sterculia, Bodula, Walena, Samari | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Coloured Sterculi | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chaom | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit aggregate of 5 follicles, each 6-7.5 cm long, membranous, greenish-pink; seeds 2, ovoid, yellow |
| Habitat | Occurs in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia and China | Bark Details | Bark 20-30 mm thick, grey-black, rough, longitudinally fissured; outer bark dead, corky, inner bark fibrous, creamy white, with radial narrow triangular rays; blaze Creamy-yellow, fibrous |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | It is deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bole buttressed, bark 20-30 mm thick, grey-black, rough, longitudinally fissured; outer bark dead, corky, inner bark fibrous, creamy white, with radial narrow triangular rays; blaze creamy-yellow, fibrous | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, palmately 3-5 lobed, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets; stipules free, deciduous; petiole 10-30 cm long |
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