Pachira glabra Pasq.

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Picture: Fiona Smith
About 40 km from Livingstone along the Lusaka Road

Lusaka
Feb 2018
Photo: Mike Bingham

Picture: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa

Synonyms:	Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) Robyns Bombax oleaginum (Decne.) Robyns Pachira oleaginea Decne. Pochota glabra (Pasq.) Bullock
Common names:
Description:	Small tree c. 3.5 m tall; branches sparsely stellate-hairy when young but soon becoming hairless. Leaves digitately 5─7-foliolate. Flowers usually solitary in the axils. Capsule c. 9 x 8 cm, ovoid, smooth, with many seeds embedded in whitish wool.
Notes:	An escape in parts of tropical Africa, though not in the FZ region. Type location: Of Bombax oleagineum: a cultivated specimen in a garden in Algiers; country of origin unknown, probably in tropical America.
Derivation of specific name:	glabra: hairless or glabrous.
Flowering time:	Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Native to tropical America.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 8 February 2018
Literature:	Wild, H. (1961). Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 515 - 516. As Bombax oleagineum

Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Pachira glabra
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pachira glabra

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