Sterculia Alata, Buddha Coconut - Plant

The Buddha Coconut is a tall tree, which gets is the name from its coconut-like fruit. Leaves are carried on 3-10 cm long stalks crowded towards the center. Buddha Coconut is a tall tree, which gets is a name from its coconut-like fruit. Leaves are blade broadly ovate-heartshaped. Flowers are borne in small, few-flowered racemes. Fruit is large, woody.

Plant Specifications

• Plant Height: 19 inch (48 cm)
• Plant Spread: 5 inch (13 cm)

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%

• Common Name: Buddha Coconut
• Maximum Reachable Height: Up to 30 m
• Flower Colour: Orange to brown
• Bloom Time: September to October
• Difficulty Level: Easy to grow

Planting and care

These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered thinly with sand or grit and kept moistly. Keep at between 20 to 25 degrees C.Seeds sometimes germinate within 4 to 6 weeks although some varieties may take very much longer so, please be patient. Plant out in the open ground in warmer countries or in a large container elsewhere. Sterculia Alata careRed flowers grow into huge, very pretty, five-sectioned seed pods with red interiors, which can reach 12 cm in diameter and open along one side to release up to 40 very large, shiny, black edible seeds. This large deciduous tree with an attractive buttressed trunk is found in disturbed, evergreen forests from India to Burma and Malaysia.

• Sunlight: Full Sun
• Watering: MOderately
• Soil: Well-drained soil
• Temperature: 20 C to 35 C
• Fertilizer: Apply any organic fertilizer.

Sterculia Alata special featureThe adsorption process has not been used extensively in wastewater treatment, but demands for a better quality of treated wastewater effluent, including toxicity reduction, have led to an intensive examination and use of the process of adsorptionSterculia Alata uses
Ornamental Use:
It is used as the ornamental plant
Medicinal Use:

Mostly used for skin disease treatment, fever, and minor wounds
Note: Use after consulting the health specialist