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nouna large family of plants of order Malvales
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- montezuma evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae
- malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
- order malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
- genus sterculia type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics