PACHIRA AQUATICA
Author:
Jean B.C. Fusée Aublet, 1775
Family:
BOMBACACEAE
Origin:
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Elevation:
Publisher:
Aubl. (1775). In: Pl. Gui. 2: 726. Tt. 291, 292.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
60 Centimetres
Height:
20 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Grandiflora pachira.
Aquatica pachira.
Nitida pachyra.
Bombax aquaticum K.Schumann, 1890.
Bombax macrocarpum, K.Schum.
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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. A big tree by Berichard, Wikipedia.org.
Flower
White
Soil
Rich
Water
Maximum
Sun
Medium
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