Hildegardia populifolia
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| In Hollywood, Florida, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Hildegardia |
| Species: | H. populifolia
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| Hildegardia populifolia | |
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Hildegardia populifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It native to in India: in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and also in Karnataka. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
This is a deciduous tree growing up to 20 meters tall. It has lobed leaves and panicles of flowers with red sepals and no petals. Most trees produce both male and bisexual flowers.[3]
The bee Trigona iridipennis feeds on the pollen and nectar. The flowers are visited by several bird species, such as the red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer), rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach), blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus), and stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), some of which are predators of the bee.[3]
References
- ^ a b Harvey-Brown, Y. (2025). "Hildegardia populifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T33656A71022815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T33656A71022815.en. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Hinsley, Stewart Robert. "The Hildegardia Page". Malvaceae Info. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ a b Raju, A. J. S., Chandra, P. H., & Krishna, J. R. (2014). Monoecy, anemophily, anemochory and regeneration ecology of Hildegardia populifolia (Roxb.) Schott. and Endl.(Malvaceae), an economically important endemic and endangered dry deciduous tree species of southern Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6(2), 5434-5446.