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Latin name Family Distribution North America distribution zone Height Foliage Ecology Use Synonym English name French name Spanish name Other name Trade name
Pachira insignis (Sw.) Sw. ex Savigny Bombacaceae SE North America (Greater Antilles) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia) SE L E dr (leaves for emollient) fd (seed is considered very nutritious) pl sa Bombax insigne K.Schum. Bombax spruceanum (Decne.) Ducke Carolinea insignis Sw. Pachira spruceana Decne. Trinidad pachira; provision tree, provision-tree; shaving-brush-tree (USA); shaving-bush tree (Puerto Rico); wild breadnut, wild chataigne, wild chestnut (Trinidad and Tobago) pachira insigne; cacao sauvage; chataigne, chataigne marron (Trinidad and Tobago); châtaignier, châtaignier marron cacao cimarrón (Dominican Republic); carolina (Cuba, Dominican Republic); castaño, castañon, ceibillo (Venezuela); ceibo (Ecuador); flor de huimba (Colombia); mani de monte (Ecuador) mamorana grande, munguba preta (Brazil); mencaica (waorani, Ecuador)

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Latin name Pachira insignis (Sw.) Sw. ex Savigny
Family Bombacaceae
Distribution SE North America (Greater Antilles) N MW MC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone SE
Height L
Foliage E
Ecology
Use dr (leaves for emollient) fd (seed is considered very nutritious) pl sa
Synonym Bombax insigne K.Schum. Bombax spruceanum (Decne.) Ducke Carolinea insignis Sw. Pachira spruceana Decne.
English name Trinidad pachira; provision tree, provision-tree; shaving-brush-tree (USA); shaving-bush tree (Puerto Rico); wild breadnut, wild chataigne, wild chestnut (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name pachira insigne; cacao sauvage; chataigne, chataigne marron (Trinidad and Tobago); châtaignier, châtaignier marron
Spanish name cacao cimarrón (Dominican Republic); carolina (Cuba, Dominican Republic); castaño, castañon, ceibillo (Venezuela); ceibo (Ecuador); flor de huimba (Colombia); mani de monte (Ecuador)
Other name mamorana grande, munguba preta (Brazil); mencaica (waorani, Ecuador)
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