Pachira glabra Pasq.

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Pachira glabra

Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa

Pachira glabra

Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa

Pachira glabra

Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa

Pachira glabra

Photo: Tongai Castigo
Municipal council, Vila Gorongosa

Pachira glabra

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.
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Image last updated: Thursday 1 October 2015
Literature:

Wild, H. (1961). Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 515 - 516. As Bombax oleagineum

Other sources of information about Pachira glabra:

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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Pachira glabra
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Pachira glabra

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pachira glabra
African 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


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Pachira glabra.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164050, retrieved 28 March 2024

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