Sterculia macrophylla Vent., Jardin de la Malmaison 2: t. 91 (1805).
Fruits of what appear to be S. macrphylla are sold in the potpourri trade as “masai crown.” Follicles are boat-shaped, typically green to brown on the exterior, shiny and orange to brown on the interior, very faintly ribbed and anastomosing on both surfaces, 3-8 cm long and about as wide, held in clusters of one to five follicles but broken apart for sale.
Sterculia macrophylla is native to Thailand through Malesia.
Malvacieae, also placed in Sterculiaceae