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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 SESSILIS (Benth.) Pittier
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 162. 1916
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Reference
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A. Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat Brux. 33: 180. 1963.-Fig. 2.
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Synonym
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Pachira sessilis Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur 70. 1844. Pachira angusta Duchassaing ex Decne., Fl. Serres 23: 52. 1880, nom. nud. in syn. Bombax sessile (Benth.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 6: 180. 1924; Johnston, Sargentia 8: 200. 1949.
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Description
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Tree, deciduous, medium-sized to generally tall, up to 20-30 m. high, the trunk straight, 20-40(-50) cm. in diam. and buttressed, the crown narrow and loose, the branches more or less horizontal, the bark smooth, squamous and greenish. Leaves (4-)5- to 7- to 9-foliolate and glabrous, the petiole terete, slightly enlarged on both ends, 2.5-14.5 cm. long; leaflets sessile to subsessile, the blade oblanceolate to obo- vate, cuneiform at the base, emarginate and mucronulate or sometimes rounded to obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, 2.5-18.5 cm. long and 1.2-6.5 cm. wide, rigid and chartaceous, bright above, dull below, the nerves slightly prominent on both sides. Flowers precocious, clustered toward the tip of the branchlets, axillary, soli- tary, geminate or seldom 3-nate, 13-24 cm. long, the pedicel rounded, 0.5-1.8(-3.2) cm. long and glabrous; receptacle 5-glandular and glabrous; calyx cupuliform to campanulate-subtubiform, truncate or 5-lobulate to undulate and mucronulate, 0.7-1.2 cm. long and 0.85-1 cm. broad, glabrous Without, silky-villose within; petals ribboned, acute, 13-24 cm. long and 0.55-0.95 cm. wide, puberulous on both sides; stamens ca. 280, the staminal column 6.5-9(-11.4) cm. long and 0.2-0.4 cm. in diam., glabrous or seldom with 5 narrow, vertical, scatteringly puberulent zones, divided into many pentadelphous filaments, the filaments 5.5-9 cm. long, glabrous and generally bifurcated near the apex; anthers oblong, ca. 0.15-0.2 cm. long; ovary ovoid, 5-angular, ca. 3 mm. long and 4.5 mm. in diam. at the base, tomentellous; style 13-21. cm. long, hirsute on the lowver part; stigma obscurely 5-lobulate. Capsule ellipsoid, obtuse at the base, caudate-acuminate at the apex, 6-12.3(-15) cm. long and 3.5-5 cm. in diam., the valves yellowish-brown, scatteringly puberu- lous to glabrous; seeds numerous, subglobose, sometimes more or less angular, 0.9-1 cm. long and 0.7-0.95 cm. wide, the testa brownish; kapok copious and pale brown.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama, at the edge and in deciduous and evergreen forests; often planted as shade tree; also cultivated in Cuba and Jamaica; called ceibo in Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 647, StandleyJ 40970, Wetmore, Abbe & Shattuck 80, Wetmore U Abbe 80A, Woodworth U Vestal 452; Obispo, Standley 31752; around Culebra, Pittier 2407, 2422, 2769a; Corozal, Standley 27370; Balboa, Standley 29312; Ancon, garden of the hospital, Mason s.n.; Ancon, Pittier 2726; locality unknown, Harvey 5229, Johansen 46. CHIRIQUi: around El Boquete, alt. 1,000-1,300 m., Pittier 3310. COCLE: Penonome and vicinity, R. S. Williams 615. PANAMA: near Panama, Hayes 478; Santa Rita hills and Pueblo Liman, C. E. Smith, Jr. & H. M. Smith 3413; Islands Secas Group, Elmrore G2; Taboga Island, Hinds s.n. (type); San Jose Island, Johnston 414, 493, 560, 607, 943, Erlanson 119. VERAGUAS: vicinity of Santa Fe, Rio Santa Maria, alt. 1,000 ft., Allen 4416. PROVINCE UNKNOWN: Duchassaing s.n.
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