English > Sterculiaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A large family of plants of order Malvales. |
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| Synonyms | family Sterculiaceae, sterculia family |
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| Member of | Malvales, order Malvales | Malvaceae |
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| Members | Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton | Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) |
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| Cola, genus Cola | large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts |
| Firmiana, genus Firmiana | small genus of Asian trees or shrubs |
| Fremontodendron, genus Fremontodendron, Fremontia, genus Fremontia | flannelbush |
| Helicteres, genus Helicteres | genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another |
| Heritiera, genus Heritiera, Terrietia, genus Terrietia | small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses |
| Hermannia, genus Hermannia | genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers |
| Pterospermum, genus Pterospermum | genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs |
| Tarrietia, genus Tarrietia | small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees |
| Theobroma, genus Theobroma | cacao plants |
| Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton | small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves |
| genus Dombeya | genus of African shrubs or small trees |
| genus Sterculia | type genus of the Sterculiaceae |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | esterculiáceas |
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| Catalan | esterculiàcies |
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