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Sterculia foetida
Poon Poon, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; -- called also peon.
Sterculiaceous
Sterculiaceous Ster*cu`li*a"ceous, a. [NL. Sterculia, the typical genus, fr. L. Sterculius the deity that presided over manuring, from stercus dung. So called because one of the original species is fetid.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiace[ae]) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order.

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- Sterculia backeri Tantra Sterculia balanghas L. Sterculia bammleri K.Schum. Sterculia blumei G.Don Sterculia bolavenensis Tagane & Soulad. Sterculia bracteata...
- Sterculia foetida is a soft wooded tree that can grow up to 35 metres (115 feet) tall. Common names for the plant are the **** poon tree, Java olive...
- Sterculia quadrifida, also known as the peanut tree, monkey nut or red-fruited kurrajong is a small tree that grows in some forests of New Guinea and...
- Sterculia urens is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to India and has been introduced into Burma. A small to medium-sized tree...
- Sterculia apetala, commonly known as the Panama tree, camoruco, manduvi tree or anacagüita, is a species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae....
- karaya or gum sterculia, also known as Indian gum tragacanth, is a vegetable gum produced as an exudate by trees of the genus Sterculia. Chemically, gum...
- Sterculia mono****, also known as Chinese chestnut, Thai chestnut, seven sisters' fruit, and phoenix eye fruit, is a deciduous tropical nut-bearing...
- Sterculioideae (previously placed in the Sterculiaceae and synonyms include Sterculia lychnophora Hance).The species is endemic to mainland Southeast Asia,...
- Sterculia hypochroa is a tree species described by Pierre, belonging to the genus Sterculia and the family Malvaceae (previously the Sterculiaceae, now...
- Sterculia lanceifolia is a bush/tree species belonging to the genus Sterculia in the family Malvaceae. This species is found in Bangladesh, NE India,...