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

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	JjN 14 May 1991
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