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Malvaceae → Sterculia → murex → Sterculia murex → William Hemsley, 1894
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Size of the dried fruit:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13 cm
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The nutritious seeds of this tree can be eaten roasted. They also like to eat baboons and other monkeys. However, they are difficult to reach because they have to be removed from the amniotic membrane, which is bulging with stinging hairs.