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

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Obispo Santistevan Prov.

• Locality

  Prov. Santiestevan, a. 0.3 km E of Puente Eisenhower/Puente de la Amistad, on small dirt road ca. 0.2 km N from the Montero-Buena Vista highway ("carretera nueva a Cochabamba").

• Elevation

  Alt. 280 m. (919 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.3192, -63.3217

• Distribution

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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Bombacaceae Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna
det. M. Nee, 2007
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Santiestevan, ca. 0.3 km E of
Puente Eisenhower/Puente de la Amistad, on small dirt road
ca. 0.2 km N from the Montero-Buena Vista highway
(“carretera nueva a Cochabamba”).
17°19’09”S, 63°19’18”W. alt. 280 m.
Flat. Disturbed areas with a few remaining trees of
subtropical semi-deciduous forest, Hura crepitans, Ceiba
speciosa, and Cecropia, Panicum maximum.
Tree 10 m. tall, with swollen trunk, ca. 1 m. in diameter.
Flowers abundant, showy, nearly odorless (3:50 P.M.,
cloudy bright); petals pink, the base at first yellow, then
creamy white; anther column creamy white with pink zone
in middle; style white; stigma dark red.
Coll.: M. Nee 55409
10 May 2007
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