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Sterculia
tropical chestnuts
As recorded: Sterculia L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- McDonald, J.A.; IsmailAfrastini Ismail →J.A. McDonald →
- Collector number
- 3527
- Date
- July 6, 1992
- Locality
- Pujungan District, Kayan-Mentarang Nature Reserve, on Bahau River at or to 3 km above confluence with Gong Biou River towards Long Alango.
- Island
- Borneo
- Region
- East Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Elevation
- 450 m
- Identified by
- McDonald, J.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 6, 1992, McDonald, J.A.; Ismail also collected 5 other specimens.
Sterculia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1992. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,114 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Amamoor Creek Rd, Amamoor Creek, QLD, AU
(c) Joel Bruckner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
MWCX+XM, Edale, Sénégal
(c) Oumou Diallo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
8PF2+VV7, Diwanpada, Maharashtra 421401, India
(c) Sandeep sakhare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Chongwe, Zambia
(c) Lisa Hester, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-21
Chongwe, Zambia
(c) Lisa Hester, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-21
Queensland, AU
(c) SJ, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Sterculia. BISH 630610. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956164544. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/630610.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956164544 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026