Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  W side of city of Santa Cruz.

• Elevation

  Alt. 420 m. (1378 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.78, -63.2

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BOTANICAL
GARDÊÏ*
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02684172
The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Chorisia speciosa St. Hil.
det. M. Nee, 1991
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Andrés Ibáñez, Avenida
Piral, W side of city of Santa Cruz. Sandy soil.
17°47’S, 63°12’W. alt. 420 m.
Small cultivated street tree; trunk with conical spines, swollen
in middle, contracted at the base and with small buttresses;
this species is very fast-growing and recovers rapidly from even
severe pruning; commonly cultivated in the city and native in
the subtropical semi-deciduous forest of the area. Leafless
branches with abundant flowers, very showy, but many leafy
branches also; individual flowers very showy, with slight odor
of Tulipa. no pollinators observed (but the same species in
Buena Vista visited by several species of long-billed
hummingbirds), planted trees in the city differring slightly in
the deepness of the rose color of the petals; petals rose, with
yellow at base, the base later fading to white; filament column
first pale yellow tinged with rose, then white tinged with rose;
anthers creamy, later brownish between the locules; visible part
of style white; stigma globose, dark red.
Coll.: M. Nee 40440
14 May 1991
02684172