Description
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) |
| 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
Sterculia Alata care
Red 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 feature
The 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 adsorption
Sterculia 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