Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.

Family - Malvaceae

Common name - Scarlet Sterculia

Habit - Tree

Habitat - moist areas, ponds, lakes, marshes.

🍀The bark yeils fibre which used for making ropes 

Medicinal uses -

🍁Bark decoction is used to treat urine infection and stomach pain.

🍁Bark and root juice in jaundice.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack, Odisha)