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Sterculia Alata
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Sterculia Alata

£3.20per packet
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Red flowers grow into huge, very pretty, five-sectioned seed pods with red interiors, which can reach 12 cm in diameter and open along one side to release up to 40 very large, shiny, black edible seeds. This large deciduous tree with an attractive buttressed trunk is found in disturbed, evergreen forests from India to Burma and Malaysia.

Common name
Tropical Chestnuts, Buddha Coconut, Pterygota Alata,
Family
Malvaceae
Packet content
5 seeds
Height
20 m - 30 m
Light level
Full Sun
Growth habit
Deciduous
Hardiness rating
H1
Pollinator-friendly
No
Moisture
Free draining
Region of origin
Asia
Colour
Green

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