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The dried ground lotus, botanically also called sterculia, is a star-shaped group of fruits of a tropical tree with the infamous name of the stinking tree. Because the open capsules of the fruit look like a lotus flower, they are popularly called country lotus. They are especially recommended for invertebrates such as isopods and millipedes.