Sterculia foetida--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 423.jpg
Sterculia foetida--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 424.jpg
Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam; introduced into China Southeast, Comoros, Cuba, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sterculia
Specific Epithet
foetida
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#174,480 of 335,497
Top 53%
Extinction probability
9%
