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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
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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
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