Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 060.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 063.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 061.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 062.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 055.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 058.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 056.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 057.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1686--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Bambuchine, E of Libreville. 17 Apr 06. 059.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 288.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 291.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 290.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 289.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 198.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 199.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 197.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 186.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 185.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 184.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha--FL. Fairchild Tropical Gard. 8 Apr 03. 183.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 119.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 113.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 121.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 123.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 118.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 120.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 122.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 116.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 115.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 114.jpg
Sterculia tragacantha, GWalters1701--Gabon. Prov. Estuaire. Mondah Forest. 23 Apr 06. 124.jpg
Native to Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia; introduced into Cuba, Honduras (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 5 occurrences across 4 countries.
Location
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)
25.676781, -80.272034
Location Remarks
10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Gabon, Estuaire
0.416278, 9.490083
Location Remarks
Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.
Collectors
Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Raoul Niangadouma
Location
Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)
4.018898, 9.197624
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
Location
Gabon, Estuaire
0.416278, 9.490083
Location Remarks
Libreville - Aboretum Sibang. Elev. 30 m.
Collectors
Gretchen Walters, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Diosdado Nguema, Etienne Mounoumoulossi
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sterculia
Specific Epithet
tragacantha
Authorship
Lindl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#243,377 of 335,497
Top 73%
Extinction probability
6%
