Pachira glabra Pasq.

English: Guinea peanut

Portuguese: Amendoim-de-árvore

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malvales (81)

        Family: Bombacaceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Pachira (1)

            Epithet: glabra Pasq. (7)

Synonyms: Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns, Bombax anisophyllum Buxb., Bombax columellatum Buxb., Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) A.Robyns, Bombax kimuenzae De Wild. & T.Durand, Bombax oleagineum (Decne.) A.Robyns, Pochota glabra (Pasq.) Bullock

glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare

glabrum => without hair, smooth, bald, bare

oleagineum => rich in oil, fleshy

Climate: tropical

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

Check for Pachira glabra at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [23] Lorenzi,H. (2002): Brazilian trees: A guide to the identification and cultivation of Brazilian native trees. Plantarum, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil.