Flower; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Branch with flower buds; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden, Brasilia, DF, Brazil; 3/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1887 Date of entry: 10.04.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Balsa tree
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malvales (81)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Ochroma (1)
Epithet: pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb. (1)
pyramidale => pyramidal
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
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