Botanical family · Malvales
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
33 species in this family
Now merged into Malvaceae, this tropical family includes cacao (Theobroma cacao) — the source of chocolate — and cola nuts (Cola). Trees and shrubs with mucilaginous sap and distinctive flowers where petals are sometimes absent or reduced to stamen tubes.
- Stamens often in bundles or fused tube
- Mucilaginous inner bark tissue
- Includes Cacao, Cola, and Sterculia
Species in STERCULIACEAE
- Devil's cottonAbroma augusta
- flame treeBrachychiton acerifolius
- broad-leaved bottletreeBrachychiton australis
- Common Hog WeedByttneria herbacea
- Deccan SalmonwoodEriolaena hookeriana
- Five-Celled SalmonwoodEriolaena quinquelocularis
- Scarlet Sterculia, Colored Sterculia, Hill GossypiumFirmiana colorata
- Honey-Fruit Tree, Bastard Cedar, West-Indian ElmGuazuma ulmifolia
- East-Indian screw TreeHelicteres isora
- Looking-glass TreeHeritiera littoralis
- Poplar SterculiaHildegardia populifolia
- Tree Antigonon, Guest TreeKleinhovia hospita
- Hairy MelhaniaMelhania incana
- chocolateweedMelochia corchorifolia
- Winged Boot TreePterocymbium tinctorium
- Dinnerplate TreePterospermum acerifolium
- bayurPterospermum diversifolium
- Lance Wood TreePterospermum heyneanum
- South-Indian Kanak ChampaPterospermum reticulatum
- Rusty Kanak ChampaPterospermum rubiginosum
- Woody-Fruit Bayur TreePterospermum xylocarpum
- Buddha's Coconut treePterygota alata
- Java Olive, Foetid Sterculia, Skunk TreeSterculia foetida
- Spotted SterculiaSterculia guttata
- Kateera-gum, Katira, Kulu, Sterculia gum, Gum KarayaSterculia urens
- elephant rope treeSterculia villosa
- Cocoa tree, Cocco, Cacao, Chocolate-nut treeTheobroma cacao
- Boater BushWaltheria indica
- Heritiera papilio
- Leptonychia caudata
- Melhania hamiltoniana
- Pterospermum canescens
- Sterculia balanghas
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