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Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex. Lam.) Urb.

Bombacaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)

SC SE

L[G]

hel [sci] hyg->xer acid->basi

dr (fruits juice drink for chest infection, bronchitis, dry cough and flu, leaves mixed with castor bean oil for rheumatism and joint pain, roots bark decoction taken orally for diarrhea and colic, stem bark decoction taken orally for fever) fd fw ma (fiber: filling pillows and mattresses, ropes) pl (ornamental) pp (shortfibre pulp) sa ti (aeromodelism, aeroplane, architectonic models, boats, figurine, fishing nets, handicraft, insulation for refrigerator, heat, vibration and sound, life rafts, model-making, packaging, photograph studio, safety and buoyancy devices, sound-proof box, sports equipment, teatrical props, tooth-picks, toys, train's refrigerator, turned work, water sports equipment) ti(ob) (life-belt)

Bombax angulata Sessé & Moç. Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam. Ochroma bicolor Rowlee Ochroma boliviana Rowlee Ochroma concolor Rowlee Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag. Ochroma lagopus Sw. Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm. Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatensis Cuatrec. Ochroma limonensis Rowlee Ochroma obtusa Rowlee Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst. Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schultes Ochroma tomentosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ochroma tomentosa var. ibarrensis Benoist Ochroma velutina Rowlee

West Indies balsa; balsa (Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA); balsa wood; balsawood, balsa-wood (USA); bombast mahoe (Jamaica); cork tree (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); cork wood (Trinidad and Tobago); corkwood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); cotton tree (Panama); down tree, downtree, tree-corkwood (Jamaica); West Indian balsa (Puerto Rico)

balsa patte-de-lièvre; balsa (Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago); bois de liège; bois flot (Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tabago); bois liège (Guadeloupe); bois madame (Haiti); bois pri, bois-flot (Guadeloupe); coton fleur (Haiti); coton mahandème, coton mahaudème; coton soie, cotton fleurs, fleurs mahandème (Haiti); fromager mapou (Guadeloupe); fromager-mapou; mahandème, mahaudeme (Haiti); ochroma patte de lièvre, ochrome, ouattier, patte de lapin, patte de lièvre; patte lapin (Guadeloupe); pied de lièvre, pripri

algodon (El Salvador); arbol de algodón, árbol de algodón (Mexico); balsa (C and S America); balsa de lana (Colombia); balsa lanero (Puerto Rico); balsa real (Costa Rica); balsillo (Colombia); balso (Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela); balso de lana, balso de rana, balso lanoso, balso real (Colombia); boya (Ecuador); burillo (Costa Rica); cajeto (Guatemala); caore (Bolivia); catillo (Nicaragua); ceiba de lana (Colombia); ceibo de lana (Colombia, Peru); ceibón, ceibon botija, ceibón botija, ceibon botije, ceibón lanero (Cuba); corcho (Guatemela, Mexico, Puerto Rico); corchon (Mexico); cuano (Honduras); enca, enea (Costa Rica); gatillo (Nicaragua); guano (Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico); herrón (Ecuador); huampo (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru); huempo (Peru); jonote real, jope, jopi, jubiguy (Mexico); jujul (Guatemala); lana (Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama); lanera (Cuba); lanero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); lanilla, lanillo (Guatemala); lano (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); menudito (Colombia); palo de balsa (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); palo de lana (Dominican Republic); pata de liebre, pepe balsa (Mexico); perea (Bolivia); pomoy (Mexico); puj (Guatemala); pung (Costa Rica); resine de sangre (Ecuador); samo (Colombia); tacarigua (Venezuela); tambor (Colombia, Honduras); tami (Bolivia); topa (Bolivia, Peru); tucumo (Colombia, Peru)

balsa (Brazil, India; italian); Balsabaum, Balsaholzbaum (german); bwa madam (creole, Haiti); cteczupaje (cofán, Ecuador); flè mahodèm (creole, Haiti); Hasenpfotenbaum, Korkholz (german); koton flè, koton swa (creole, Haiti); legno sughero (italian); mahodèm (creole, Haiti); majou (Ecuador); mo-hó, mo-ma-há (chinanteco); moján (cholo, Colombia); palo de balsa (Brazil); paroto (campa asháninca, Peru); pata-de-lebre, pau de balsa, pau-de-balsa, pau-de-jangada (Brazil); pidokera (Ecuador); polak (Belize, Nicaragua); topa (Brazil); wawa (shuar, Ecuador); yahuarcaspi (Ecuador); yahuarhuiqui (quichua, Ecuador)

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Latin name	Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex. Lam.) Urb.
Family	Bombacaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics) int S Eurasia, Africa and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel [sci] hyg->xer acid->basi
Use	dr (fruits juice drink for chest infection, bronchitis, dry cough and flu, leaves mixed with castor bean oil for rheumatism and joint pain, roots bark decoction taken orally for diarrhea and colic, stem bark decoction taken orally for fever) fd fw ma (fiber: filling pillows and mattresses, ropes) pl (ornamental) pp (shortfibre pulp) sa ti (aeromodelism, aeroplane, architectonic models, boats, figurine, fishing nets, handicraft, insulation for refrigerator, heat, vibration and sound, life rafts, model-making, packaging, photograph studio, safety and buoyancy devices, sound-proof box, sports equipment, teatrical props, tooth-picks, toys, train's refrigerator, turned work, water sports equipment) ti(ob) (life-belt)
Synonym	Bombax angulata Sessé & Moç. Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam. Ochroma bicolor Rowlee Ochroma boliviana Rowlee Ochroma concolor Rowlee Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag. Ochroma lagopus Sw. Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm. Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatensis Cuatrec. Ochroma limonensis Rowlee Ochroma obtusa Rowlee Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst. Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schultes Ochroma tomentosa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ochroma tomentosa var. ibarrensis Benoist Ochroma velutina Rowlee
English name	West Indies balsa; balsa (Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA); balsa wood; balsawood, balsa-wood (USA); bombast mahoe (Jamaica); cork tree (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); cork wood (Trinidad and Tobago); corkwood (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); cotton tree (Panama); down tree, downtree, tree-corkwood (Jamaica); West Indian balsa (Puerto Rico)
French name	balsa patte-de-lièvre; balsa (Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago); bois de liège; bois flot (Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tabago); bois liège (Guadeloupe); bois madame (Haiti); bois pri, bois-flot (Guadeloupe); coton fleur (Haiti); coton mahandème, coton mahaudème; coton soie, cotton fleurs, fleurs mahandème (Haiti); fromager mapou (Guadeloupe); fromager-mapou; mahandème, mahaudeme (Haiti); ochroma patte de lièvre, ochrome, ouattier, patte de lapin, patte de lièvre; patte lapin (Guadeloupe); pied de lièvre, pripri
Spanish name	algodon (El Salvador); arbol de algodón, árbol de algodón (Mexico); balsa (C and S America); balsa de lana (Colombia); balsa lanero (Puerto Rico); balsa real (Costa Rica); balsillo (Colombia); balso (Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela); balso de lana, balso de rana, balso lanoso, balso real (Colombia); boya (Ecuador); burillo (Costa Rica); cajeto (Guatemala); caore (Bolivia); catillo (Nicaragua); ceiba de lana (Colombia); ceibo de lana (Colombia, Peru); ceibón, ceibon botija, ceibón botija, ceibon botije, ceibón lanero (Cuba); corcho (Guatemela, Mexico, Puerto Rico); corchon (Mexico); cuano (Honduras); enca, enea (Costa Rica); gatillo (Nicaragua); guano (Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico); herrón (Ecuador); huampo (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru); huempo (Peru); jonote real, jope, jopi, jubiguy (Mexico); jujul (Guatemala); lana (Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama); lanera (Cuba); lanero (Cuba, Dominican Republic); lanilla, lanillo (Guatemala); lano (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela); menudito (Colombia); palo de balsa (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru); palo de lana (Dominican Republic); pata de liebre, pepe balsa (Mexico); perea (Bolivia); pomoy (Mexico); puj (Guatemala); pung (Costa Rica); resine de sangre (Ecuador); samo (Colombia); tacarigua (Venezuela); tambor (Colombia, Honduras); tami (Bolivia); topa (Bolivia, Peru); tucumo (Colombia, Peru)
Other name	balsa (Brazil, India; italian); Balsabaum, Balsaholzbaum (german); bwa madam (creole, Haiti); cteczupaje (cofán, Ecuador); flè mahodèm (creole, Haiti); Hasenpfotenbaum, Korkholz (german); koton flè, koton swa (creole, Haiti); legno sughero (italian); mahodèm (creole, Haiti); majou (Ecuador); mo-hó, mo-ma-há (chinanteco); moján (cholo, Colombia); palo de balsa (Brazil); paroto (campa asháninca, Peru); pata-de-lebre, pau de balsa, pau-de-balsa, pau-de-jangada (Brazil); pidokera (Ecuador); polak (Belize, Nicaragua); topa (Brazil); wawa (shuar, Ecuador); yahuarcaspi (Ecuador); yahuarhuiqui (quichua, Ecuador)
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