Sterculia monosperma
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Seven Sisters' Fruit
)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Sterculia |
| Species: | S. monosperma
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Sterculia nobilis ( | |
Sterculia monosperma (
.Distribution
Its origin is Southern
Burma.[4]
Human uses
The ripe nuts are edible. They may be eaten plain, roasted, boiled with water and salt or also may be used to prepare dishes, such as
sauteed with chicken.[5]
In China these nuts are one of the traditional foods of the Qixi Festival, the 'night of the seven', also known as the 'anniversary of the seventh sister' (七姐誕). Qixi is celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month which falls on 20 Aug 2015 and on 9 Aug 2016 next year.
The pods containing the nuts have a striking red color when ripe and the nuts are much darker —their
Castanea
. The pellicle is brown and smooth and the fruit is yellowish in color.
Gallery
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Steamed nuts -
Flower, macro photography. -
Inflorescence. -
Flowers in full bloom.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sterculia monosperma.
Wikispecies has information related to Sterculia monosperma.
- ^ "Sterculia monosperma". Flora of China. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Top Tropicals
- ^ "蘋婆 Ping-Pong". Chiayi Agricultural Experiment Station, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute. Taiwan Government. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Flora of China
- ^ Sterculia Monosperma tree