Any tree of the genus Sterculia

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n. Any of a a number of tropical trees and shrubs, of the genus ''Sterculia'', many of which bear commercially important, oil-rich seeds

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n. any tree of the genus Sterculia

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Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae . It was previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae . Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts . The scientific name is taken from Sterculius of Roman ...