Family: Bixaceae
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Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng.
Collector/Expedition: Goodwin, Zoe Africa, Chan, Ivis Julieta, Tillett, Ray Sean & Tillett, Euria
Collection number: 659
Collection date: 30th March 2007
Country/Territory: Belize
Collecting locality: Belize:Orange Walk District:Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary; ~5 km southwest of Crooked Tree Village, 200 m west of western lagoon, plot 21.
Latitude: 17°45'6''N, Longitude: 88°34'10''W
Habitat: Canopy ~14 m in an area farmed within the last 30 years, on limestone bedrock.; Vegetation: Disturbed tropical, evergreen, broadleaf, seasonal, lowland forest dominated by Attalea cohune, Cupania belizensis, Cochlospermum vitifolium & Casearia tremula, open understory.
Description: Leafless (deciduous) tree 17.5 m tall, 11 cm dbh; large round green fruit visible on branches that apparently dehisce to reveal cotton, fallen flowers have yellow inner sepals (3), yellow petals, orange anthers. Known as cotton tree.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00544699
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00544699
Herbarium region: 14 (Central America)
Number of sheets: 1
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