| Type | Exotic |
|---|---|
| Family | Sterculiaceae |
| Common Name | Papita |
| Origin | Andamans & S. E. Asia |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark grey-brown. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules ca. 6 mm long, subulate, cauducous; petiole 3-10 cm long, slender; lamina 10-15 x 7-12 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base cordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; 5-7-ribbed from the base, palmate, prominent, intercostae scalariform. Flowers in terminal umbellate panicles; fruit a follicle, boat shaped with a pouch-like bulging at base, dehiscing before maturity; seed 1. |