Family: Malvaceae

Genus: Pachira

Species: quinnata

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000832

Common name: Red Ceiba

English name: Pachote

Native: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela

Country: Colombia Costa Rica Honduras Nicaragua Panama Venezuela

(PGR): Very rare

Big tree, with a large trunk and fairly large buttresses, grow up to 6-40 m tall, 80 cm -15 m in diameter, covered with prickles Leaves palmate 3-5 oblong or obovate glabrous leaflets flowers white fruit a woody, capsule  that upon bursting frees soft brown vegetable wool enclosing 30-120 small, brown seeds

Ornamental plant. used in furniture, guitar marking, and other fine woodcrafts. The interest in and planting of red ceiba is restricted to its natural distribution. It was trialed in the Solomon Islands but did not show any promise as a plantation species. Shade or shelter: In other occasions, the trees have been left standing to give shade in coffee 

Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq) Dugand

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Texture: Adaptable

Fertility: Intermediate

Drainage: Moderately well drained

Salinity: Low

Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant

Climates: Tropical

Lights: Full sun

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Spring

Zone: 10 : 11

pH range: 6-8

Status: Vulnerable threatened

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Tree

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Construction Fence Furniture Landscape Ornamental Timber Wood

Plant Populations density: Very Rare

Vegetation types: Deciduous

pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline