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Definition of Sterculia acerifolia
1. Noun. South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers.
Generic synonyms: Bottle Tree, Bottle-tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterculia Acerifolia
Literary usage of Sterculia acerifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... of the mucilage-receptacles we ,may in the first place notice that, according
to Doussot, the mucilage-canals of Sterculia acerifolia, S. platanifolia, ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1883)
"Sterculia acerifolia, A. Cunn. othing cau surpass the grandeur of a mountain when
in the month of November, clothed by this blooming Sterculia, ..."
3. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"The best species for California are Sterculia acerifolia (the Australian Flame
tree), Sterculia diversifolia (from Victoria) and Sterculia platanifolia (a ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Similar lacy bark layers are found in the Australian flame tree (Sterculia
acerifolia) and other species of this genus; ..."
5. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1857)
"... Sterculia acerifolia, AC in Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 392), B. luridus,
C.Moore,and£.pubescens,C.Moore,all three not contained in R.Brown's monograph. ..."
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