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Sterculia
tropical chestnuts
As recorded: Sterculia L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Collector number
- 8736
- Date
- February 5, 1993
- Locality
- Morobe Province; Saruwaged
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Identified by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 5, 1993, Takeuchi, W.N. also collected 19 other specimens.
Sterculia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1993. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,116 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
520台灣彰化縣田中鎮姜子寮坑
(c) 陳士訓, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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)

2026-10-25
ตำบล เนินเพิ่ม อำเภอนครไทย พิษณุโลก 65120 ประเทศไทย
(c) Wich’yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21
Chongwe, Zambia
(c) Lisa Hester, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Sterculia. BISH 763535. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956283504. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/763535.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956283504 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
