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(Last Modified On 1/29/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/29/2013)
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Species
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BOMBACOPSIS QUINATA (Jacq.) Dugand,
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. Hist. Nat. Colomb. 1: 2. 1938;
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Reference
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A. Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. Ctat Brux. 33: 224. 1963.
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Synonym
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Bombax quinatum Jacq., Enum. Syst. P1. 26. 1760; Johnston, Sargentia 8: 198. 1949. Pachira Fendleri Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald 83. 1853. Pachira bracteolata Decne., Fl. Serres 23:51. 1880. Bombax Fendleri (Seem.) Benth. ex Jackson, Ind. Kew. 320. 1895. Pochota vulgaris Ramirez Goyena, Fl. Nicaraguense 199. 1909. Bombax nicoyense Pittier, Repert. Sp. Nov. 13: 315. 1914. Bombacopsis Fendleri (Seem.) Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 163, pl. 74-78. 1916; Standley, Contr. Arnold Arb. 5: pl. 7(A). 1933. Bombacopsis jaris Pittier, Bol. Com. Ind. Venezuela 2(13): 434. 1921, nom. nud. Bombacopsis sepium Pittier, Bol. Com. Ind. Venezuela 4(34): 36. 1923. Bombax Ceiba sensu Dugand, Caldasia 2: 61. 1943, non L., Sp. P1. 511. 1753.
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Description
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Tree, deciduous, armed, 2.5-30(-40) m. high, the trunk sometimes spindle- shaped at the base, attaining 1-3 m. in diam., often buttressed, the crown broad and rounded, the branches more or less horizontal, the bark grayish to cinnamon, thick and rimose. Leaves (3-)5(-6-7)-fo'liolate and glabrous, the petiole more or less terete, slightly enlarged at both ends, 3-11 cm. long; leaflets petiolulate, the petiolule 0.2-0.8 cm. long, canaliculate above, the blade obovate to oblong-obovate, seldom elliptic, acute or cuneiform and narrowly decurrent at the base, caudate-acuminate or caudate-apiculate and often mucronulate at the apex, 4-17 cm. long and 1.5-7.2 cm. wide, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, the margins sometimes slightly recurved, pale green and bright above, glaucous and dull beneath, the nerves slightly promi- nent on both sides. Intlorescences cymose, the cymes paniculiform and pauciflorous, or flowers solitary. Flowers precocious, 7-11 cm. long, the pedicel 0.4-0.8 cm. long, shortly tufted-puberulous to tomentellous, seldom glabrate; receptacle generally 5-glandular, shortly tufted-puberulous to tomentellous; calyx campanulate to cam- panulate-tubiform, truncate and shortly 5-apiculate or sometimes more or less 5- undulate-apiculate, 0.7-1 cm. long and 0.6-1 cm. broad, shortly tufted-puberulous to tomentellous without, seldom glabrate, silky-villous within; petals linear, subobtuse to subacute, 7-11 cm. long and 0.5-0.8 cm. wide, brownish and densely scabrous- puberulous outside, whitish and arachnoid inside; stamens 100-166, 5.7-9.2 cm. long and whitish, the staminal column slightly dilated at both ends, 1.3-2.2 cm. long, glabrous or arachnoid and chiefly with simple hairs, divided into 5 phalanges, each phalanx with many unequal filaments, 3-7 cm. long; anthers more or less oblong to hippocrepiform, ca. 2-2.5 mm. long; ovary globose to pyriform, more or less 5-angu- lar, ca. 2.5-3 mm. long and 2.2-3.2 mm. in diam. at the base, glabrous; style 6.7-9.5 cm. long and whitish; stigma 5-lobulate, the lobes ca. 1 mm. long. Capsule oblong-obovoid, 5-angular, narrowed at the base, truncate, emarginate and mu- cronulate at the apex, 4-10 cm. long and 2.7-5 cm. in diam., the valves smooth, brownish or cinnamon; seeds numerous, ovoid to subglobose, ca. 4-5 mm. long and 3.5 mm. wide, the testa brown and often grayish-dotted; kapok copious, yellowish- brown to pale brown.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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Along the Pacific coast from Nicaragua to Panama, north of Colombia and Venezuela; characteristic tree of the deciduous forests, occasionally in the evergreen forests and dense thickets
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Common
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cedro espinoso
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: near mouth of River Chagres, Allen 872; Chagres, Fendler 310; Barro Colorado Island, Aviles 102, Shattuck 510, Woodworth & Vestal 669; around Culebra, alt. 50-150 m., Pittier 2769; on the hill back of Paraiso, Hayes 119; Victoria Fill, near Miraflores Locks, Allen 1715. COCLE: Penonome and vicinity, alt. 50-1,000 ft., R. S. Williams 227. PANAMA: Agricultural Experiment Station at Matias Hernandez, Pittier 6940; forests of Juan Diaz, alt. 20-50 m., Pittier 2549; near Chepo, Kluge 11; Pedro Gonzalez Island, Allen 2600; San Jose Island, Erlanson 302, Johnston 215, 569, 1054, 1180.
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