Mazhar Botanic Garden

Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. Ex Lam. ) Urb.

Balsa Tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000214
English name: Balsa Tree
Arabic name: اوكروما ، شجر البلسا
Native: Southern Mexico, Southern Brazil
Country: Brazil Mexico
(PGR): Rare

Deciduous tree grows to 30 m high flowers solitary white fruit capsule contains many seeds with long hairs

 

grown as an ornamental, where it is valued for its flowers .Balsa is classified as a hardwood despite the wood itself being very soft it is the softest commercial hardwood. The wood of the living tree has large cells that are filled with water. This gives the wood a spongy texture. It also makes the wood of the living tree not much lighter than water and barely able to float

Bombax pyramidale Cav Ex Lam

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Texture: Clay Dry Loam Moist Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.5-6.5 to; tolerating 5-8
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Ornamental Wood
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous tree
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

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