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

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Andrés Ibáñez Prov.

• Locality

  Prov. Ibáñez, along Brecha 7, 3.1 km E of the Santa Cruz-Abapó highway.

• Elevation

  Alt. 455 m. (1493 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.1369, -63.1606

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Bombacaceae Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna
det. M. Nee, 2007
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Ibanez, along Brecha 7, 3.1 km E
of the Santa Cruz-Abapo highway.
18°08’13”S, 63°09’38”W. alt. 455 m.
Flat, fine sandy soil. Mennonite and other properties, almost
all cleared from chaco forest for fields and pastures. This
remnant along road with a few native species remaining
from original forest, but mainly planted to Leucaena
leucocephala.
Native tree 14 m. tall, the trunk swollen to 1 m. in diameter
above a narrowed and buttressed base; bark coarsely
furrowed. Flowers many, showy; petals pink distally, with
yellow base, the base fading to white; filament column and
anthers creamy white.
Coll.: M. Nee , D. McClelland & S. Stem
No. 55426	13 May 2007
02684188