| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sterculiaceae |
| Synonym | Microchlaena quinquelocularis Wight &arn. |
| Local Name | Vedinar |
| Local Name 2 | Malamthutthi |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Large shrubs or small trees; branchlets tomentose. Leaves to 9 x 9 cm, broadly ovate, widely cordate at base, acuminate at apex, 5-nerved from base, densely pubescent below:Flowers in terminal or axillary peduncled cymes; bracteoles laciniate; calyx 2.5 cm long, stellate-tomentose outside, simple-tomentose within, lobes deflexed; petals yellow, 25 x 7 mm, oblanceolate, tomentose below; staminal column 15 mm long, stamens numerous, anthers oblong; ovary 5-celled, stellate-hairy; ovules many; style-1, 5-fid at apex:Fruit is a Capsul 20 x 15 mm, ellipsoid; seeds many, winged. |
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