Pachira glabra
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Photo: Fiona Smith
About 40 km from Livingstone along the Lusaka Road
Photo: Fiona Smith
About 40 km from Livingstone along the Lusaka Road
Photo: Fiona Smith
About 40 km from Livingstone along the Lusaka Road
Photo: Fiona Smith
About 40 km from Livingstone along the Lusaka Road
Lusaka
Feb 2018
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka
Feb 2018
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka
Feb 2018
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka
Feb 2018
Photo: Mike Bingham
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa
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| Synonyms: |
Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) Robyns Bombax oleaginum (Decne.) Robyns Pachira oleaginea Decne. Pochota glabra (Pasq.) Bullock |
| Common names: | Water chestnut (English) |
| 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: | |
| 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 |
| Literature: |
Wild, H. (1961). Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 515 - 516. As Bombax oleagineum |
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Flora of Zambia: cultivated Pachira glabraFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pachira glabra
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pachira glabraAfrican Plant Database: Pachira glabra
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pachira glabra
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pachira glabra
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pachira glabra
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iNaturalist: Pachira glabra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pachira glabra
JSTOR Plant Science: Pachira glabra
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pachira glabra
Plants of the World Online: Pachira glabra
Tropicos: Pachira glabra
Wikipedia: Pachira glabra