Not familiar with this genus, but two things look unusual A few leaves seen in third photograph has entire leaves, whereas S. villosa has 5-lobed leaves
The fruits appear to be single, S. villosa generally has 5 follicles stellately arranged. Could it be a species belonging to group with simple leaves anf fewer follicles, sometimes reduced to one These fruits look similar to one I had photographed from California. I am uploading them separately. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:44 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > Malvaceae Week: Sterculia Villosa (MW-AR17) > (ID confirmation reqd. Will write/fill the plant desc later,.) > > eflora discussion link on the same > > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/e388225b5778690b/36a678078c84d87f?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=sterculia+raghu#36a678078c84d87f > > Kallar river bed, Kallar forest, Ponmudi, Kerala > Dec 2008 > > Regards > Raghu > > >
