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Pachira aquatica Aubl.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malvales
family
Malvaceae
genus
Pachira
species
Pachira aquatica

Name

Synonyms
Bombax aquaticum (Aubl.) K.Schum.
Bombax macrocarpum (Cham. & Schltdl.) K.Schum.
Bombax rigidifolium Ducke
Bombax spruceanum (Decne.) Ducke
Carolinea grandiflora Spach
Carolinea macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.
Pachira aquatica var. occidentalis Cuatrec.
Pachira aquatica var. surinamensis Decne.
Pachira carolinea Dum.Cours.
Pachira grandiflora Tussac
Pachira longiflora Hook.
Pachira longifolia Hook.
Pachira macrocarpa (Cham. & Schl.) Schl.
Pachira macrocarpa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Walp.
Pachira pustulifera Pittier
Pachira spruceana Decne.
Pachira villosula Pittier
Pachira villulosa Pittier
Sophora carolina L.
Homonyms
Pachira aquatica Aubl.
Common names
Amida in language.
Cacao cimarron (Dominican Republic) in language.
Cacao cimarrón in language.
Carolina in language.
Carolina blanca in language.
Carolinea in language.
Castano silvestre in language.
Ceiba de agua in language.
Ceibon de agua in language.
Ceibon de arroyo in language.
Chataigne dâ eau (Lesser Antilles: Guadeloupe) in language.
Colorade in language.
Colorado in language.
Guiana-chestnut in English
Guiana-chestnut in English
Malabar-chestnut in English
Pachira in language.
Seibon de agua in language.
Seibon de arroyo in language.
Sumpf-Rasierpinselbaum in German
castaño de agua in Spanish
castaño de la Guayana in Spanish
ceibo de agua in Spanish
châtaignier de la Guyane in French
châtaignier sauvage in French
gua li in language.
mamorana in language.
provision-tree in English
sabanut in English
strandkastanj in Swedish
water-chestnut in English
wild cocoa in English
馬拉巴栗 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Biomodelos. (2018). Laboratorio de Biogeografía Aplicada. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Disponible en: http://biomodelos.humboldt.org.co
  2. Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat,33:244,1963
  3. Les, D. H., R. R. Haynes, and A. Novelo-Retana. 2009. Plants (Embryophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 261–284 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. Polizelli, P. P.; Antonio Facchini, F. D.; Cabral, H.; Bonilla-Rodriguez, G. O. (2008). A New Lipase Isolated from Oleaginous Seeds from Pachira aquatica (Bombacaceae). <em>Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.</em> 150(3): 233-242. 10.1007/s12010-008-8145-z
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