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Sterculia lanceolata 假蘋婆

Notes:

It is a native tree found among the local woodlands,

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11 Comments

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Very Pretty!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Very different, Very nice!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes I got it it and clarified...mistook with similar shape.
This is your tree- Sterculia mexicana R. Br.
http://www.tropicos.org/Name/30401409

Yeung PK
Yeung PK 12 years ago

not "flower of Hong Kong"

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Flag of Hong Kong represents five-petal Bauhinia blakeana flower not this fruit.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Clompanus mexicanus

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I get it.
Symbol of Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia

I think it is a fruit, maybe an involucre

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I see only seeds and opened shell, no sign of flower..!!

IanMichaelIleto
IanMichaelIleto 12 years ago

i'm not sure what i'm seeing. fruit or flower?

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Must be dried fruit.

Yeung PK
Spotted by
Yeung PK

大朗, 广东省 (Guangdong), Paracel Islands

Spotted on Jun 23, 2011
Submitted on Jun 25, 2011

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