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Sterculia guttata
Spotted Sterculia
As recorded: Sterculia guttata Roxb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Waas, S.
- Collector number
- 1218
- Date
- March 17, 1975
- Locality
- Kiribathgala, Ratnapura District.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 17, 1975, Waas, S. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Sterculia guttata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 82 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-16.

2026-09-16
Tamil Nadu 642127, India
(c) Pranjali Bhujbal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-16
Tamil Nadu 642127, India
(c) Dhanushya M, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-16
Tamil Nadu 642127, India
(c) T R Shankar Raman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-31
Coimbatore, IN-AP, IN
(c) rajesh rocky, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-13
Rajasthan, IN
(c) Noopur🍀, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-27
29GQ+QP9, Muyyam, Kerala 670142, India
(c) hardika_subhash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sterculia guttata. BISH 584918. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956289688. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/584918.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956289688 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
