Author: | Jean B.C.
Fusée Aublet, 1775
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Family: |
BOMBACACEAE** |
Origin: |
Belize,
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador,
French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
60
Centimetres |
Height: |
20
Meters |
Flower:
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White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Malabar Chestnut, Lykke
Kastanie,
Provision Tree, Saba Nut, Guiana Chestnut, Malabar Chestnut, Castaño de
Guayana, Castanhola, Chestnut of the Maranhao, Pareira
Decuba, Munguba. |
Synonyms: |
Grandiflora pachira.
Aquatica pachira.
Nitida pachyra.
Bombax aquaticum
K.Schumann, 1890.
Bombax macrocarpum, K.Schum.
Bombax rigidifolium, Ducke.
Carolinea grandiflora, Spach.
Carolinea macrocarpa, Schltdl. & Cham.
Carolinea princeps, L.f.
Pachira aquatica var. manausensis, A.Robyns.
Pachira aquatica var. occidentalis, Cuatrec.
Pachira aquatica var. surinamensis, Decne.
Pachira grandiflora, Tussac.
Pachira longifolia, Hook.
Pachira macrocarpa, Walp.
Pachira pustulifera, Pittier.
Pachira villosula, Pittier. |
This member of the Bombacaceae* family was
described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775. It is found in Mexico and the tropical
part of south America, growing along rivers. Rich soil, lots of water
and some sun. It can reach for 20 meters. The white (crème/green)
flowers are 20 centimetres, and the fruits the same. Can be reproduced
by cuttings as well. The
genera name from the Guyanese name for one of the trees in this
genera. The species name means 'lives in water'.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Bombacaceae
is
now part of the Malvaceae.
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