Pachira aquatica
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Français | Chataigne d'eau (Lesser Antilles: Guadeloupe); Colorade | |
| Español | Seibon de agua; Seibon de arroyo [Tsucuba] | |
| Other names | Amida; Cacao cimarron (Dominican Republic); Cacao cimarrón; Carolina; Carolina blanca; Carolinea; Castano silvestre; Ceiba de agua; Ceibon de agua; Ceibon de arroyo; Colorado; Pachira |
Origin
| States and Territories | Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Monagas, Tachira, Sucre); China [I] (Yunnan [I]); Nicaragua; Hispaniola [I]; Honduras; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Valle); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Cuba [I]; Trinidad [I]; Bolivia (Pando); Northern Marianas [I] (Rota [I]); Mozambique [I]; Ecuador; Costa Rica; French Guiana; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Puerto Rico [I]; Taiwan [I]; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre); El Salvador; Panama; Benin [I]; Peru; Belize; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Martinique [I]; Surinam; Guatemala; Guyana; Cameroon [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]) | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Malvales | |||
| Family | Malvaceae | |||
| Genus | Pachira | |||
| Species | aquatica | |||
| Author citation | Aubl. | |||
| Scientific name | Pachira aquatica Aubl. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Appearances
Leaves
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Seed
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Fruit
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