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The New York Botanical Garden Plants of BOLIVIA Sh Chorisia speciosa St. Hil. det. M. Nee, 1991 Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Andrés Ibafiez, Avenida Pirai, W side of city of Santa Cruz. Sandy soil. 17°47’S, 63°12°W. alt. 420 m. Small cultivated street tree; trunk with conical spines, in middle, contracted at the base and with small buttress this species is very fast-growing and recovers severe pruning; commonly cultivated the subtropical semi-deciduous fores swollen es; i rapidly from even i in th it : ‘ Ceiba speciosa (St.-Hill., Juss. & Camb.) Ravenna © city and native in : P t of the area. Leafless E is the accepted name for: branches with abundant flowers, very showy, but many leafy i Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil. branches also; individual flowers very showy, with slight odor ff according to: Gibbs, P. & J. Semir 2003. Anales Jardin of Tulipa, no pollinators observed (but the same species in ib Botanico de Madrid 60(2):259-300. Buena Vista visited by severa i % > petals roge i ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN yellow at base, the base later fading to white; filament ¢ oo | EDINBURGH first pale yellow tinged with rose, then white tin aa column | anthers creamy, later brownish between the locules; With rose; | of style white; stigma globose, dark red, > Visible part | E00144537 Coll.: M. Nee 40449 14 May 1994 copyright reserved
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