PSEUDOBOMBAX SEPTENATUM

This member of the Bombacaceae* family was given this name by Armando G. Dugand in 1943. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, growing in clay or a well drained soil with quite some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to 120 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 25 metres in height. The flowers are cream-coloured.

The genera name from Greek; pseudo; 'false' and Bombax, another member of the family. The species name from Latin; septem; 'seven' for the shape of the leaves. *) Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Bombacaceae is now part of the Malvaceae. A swollen stem by Rolando Pérez, Panamabiota.org. The bark by A. Fuentes, Tropicos.org.