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Distribution:  Tropical Asia (Malaysia) to Australia.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zone 8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   5-10 ft.

Form:   Evergreen Tree.

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Leaves:   Leaves simple, often with 3-5 lobes, with palmate veins, to 8 inches wide. Leaves and stems covered with soft, bristly hairs, that are irritating to the touch.

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Flower:   Flowers brownish purple, to 3 inches wide, in terminal panicles.

Fruit:   Fruit a capsule.

Uses:   Abroma augusta bark is the source of a jute like fiber.

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