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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

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Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand

Bombacaceae

SE North America (Honduras to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)

L[G]

hyg->xer

dr ex ma (resin, pillow) pl (cultivated in Colombia and Costa Rica, cut branches are often planted as living fences, quickset hedge) pp sa ti (beton framing, cabinet work, doors, exterior construction, furniture, general construction, interior carpentry, interior part of furniture, matches, moulding, packing, particleboards, plaquet, plywood, sawn timber, sewing up, veneer, windows)

Bombacopsis fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombacopsis jaris Pittier Bombacopsis pachiroides auct. non Pittier p.p. Bombacopsis sepium Pittier Bombax fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombax nicoyense Pittier Bombax quinatum Jacq. Pachira fendleri Seem. Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S.Alverson Pochota quinata (Jacq.) W.D.Stevens Pochota vulgaris Ram.Goyena

cottontree bombacopsis; cotton tree (Colombia); saqui-saqui; spiny cedar (Panama)

bombacopsis à cinq folioles

cedro (Honduras); cedro dulce (Venezuela); cedro espino (Central America); cedro espinosa (Colombia); cedro espinoso (Central America); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro tolua (Central America, Colombia); ceiba colorado, ceiba purro, ceiba roja (Colombia); ceiba tolua (Colombia, Honduras); ceiba tolúa (Central America, Colombia); murea (Venezuela); pochote (Central America, Colombia, Venezuela); saqui-saqui (Guyana, Venezuela); saquisaqui (Venezuela); tolú, tolúa (Colombia)

pochote

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Latin name	Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	dr ex ma (resin, pillow) pl (cultivated in Colombia and Costa Rica, cut branches are often planted as living fences, quickset hedge) pp sa ti (beton framing, cabinet work, doors, exterior construction, furniture, general construction, interior carpentry, interior part of furniture, matches, moulding, packing, particleboards, plaquet, plywood, sawn timber, sewing up, veneer, windows)
Synonym	Bombacopsis fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombacopsis jaris Pittier Bombacopsis pachiroides auct. non Pittier p.p. Bombacopsis sepium Pittier Bombax fendleri (Seem.) Pittier Bombax nicoyense Pittier Bombax quinatum Jacq. Pachira fendleri Seem. Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S.Alverson Pochota quinata (Jacq.) W.D.Stevens Pochota vulgaris Ram.Goyena
English name	cottontree bombacopsis; cotton tree (Colombia); saqui-saqui; spiny cedar (Panama)
French name	bombacopsis à cinq folioles
Spanish name	cedro (Honduras); cedro dulce (Venezuela); cedro espino (Central America); cedro espinosa (Colombia); cedro espinoso (Central America); cedro macho (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro tolua (Central America, Colombia); ceiba colorado, ceiba purro, ceiba roja (Colombia); ceiba tolua (Colombia, Honduras); ceiba tolúa (Central America, Colombia); murea (Venezuela); pochote (Central America, Colombia, Venezuela); saqui-saqui (Guyana, Venezuela); saquisaqui (Venezuela); tolú, tolúa (Colombia)
Other name
Trade name	pochote