| Family: Sterculaceae | Genus: Sterculia | Species: Sterculia villosa Roxb. ( उदाल, गोधरा ) |
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| Synonym | Sterculia armata Mast., Sterculia lantsangensis Hu | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Katira, God-gudala, Udal | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Hairy Sterculia | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Udal , Godhra | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits 3-5, spreading follicles, 4-6 cm long, rusty-villous. |
| Habitat | Common; miscellaneous forest. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane Himalaya, Himachal to Nepal; warmer parts of India; S.E. Asia. | Bark Details | Bark white |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, to 10 m high; bark white, branches spreading; branchlets with heart-shaped scars of fallen leaves; young parts brown tomentose. Leaves deeply 5-7 lobed, lobes entire or toothed, acuminate, glabrous or stellately hairy above, velvety beneath; nerves 5-7 pairs; petioles, stipules caducous. Flowers pale yellow to pinkish, inrusty tomentose, drooping panicles,crowded at the end of branches, appearing before leaves. Calyx 5-lobed, campanulate, pinkish inside. Fruits 3-5, spreading follicles, rusty-villous. | Leaf Details | Leaves deeply 5-7 lobed, lobes entire or toothed, acuminate, glabrous or stellately hairy above, velvety beneath; nerves 5-7 pairs, stipules caducous. |
