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Ochroma pyramidale

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff759d0a41746974973
Scientific name Ochroma pyramidale
Authority (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5: 123 (1920)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ochroma bicolor Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 165 (1919)
Ochroma velutina Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 164 (1919)
Ochroma tomentosa Willd. Enum. Pl. : 695 (1809)
Ochroma obtusa Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919)
Ochroma limonensis Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919)
Ochroma lagopus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 98 (1788)
Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919)
Ochroma concolor Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 161 (1919)
Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schult. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 177 (1941)
Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky Trop. Woods 109: 63 (1958)
Bombax angulatum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 154 (1894)
Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam. Encycl. 2: 552 (1788)
Bombax pyramidatum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 114. 1821
Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 62. 1944
Ochroma obtusum Rowlee
Bombax angulata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mex. 169. 1895.
Ochroma boliviana Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919)
Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatensis Cuatrec. Phytologia 4: 480. 1954
Ochroma limonense Rowlee J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 163 1919
Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 95 (1928)
Ochroma tomentosum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. 695. 1809.
Ochroma tomentosum var. ibarrense Benoist Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 439 1941
Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 131.
Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatense Cuatrec.

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Language Common/alternative name
English balsa tree
English balsa
English west indian balsa
Arabic بلزا هرمية
Czech balzovník jihoamerický
Danish balsatræ
German balsabaum
Esperanto balzo
Persian درخت بالسا
Finnish balsapuu
French balsa
Irish balsa
Galician balsa
Hebrew בלזה
ht mawodenn
Hungarian balsafa
Indonesian balsa
Italian balsa
Japanese バルサ
Georgian ბალსა
Korean 발사
koi Бальса
kv Бальса
lfn balsa
Lithuanian kūginė balza
Malayalam ബാൽസ
mrj Бальса
Norwegian Bokmål balsatre
Dutch balsa
Norwegian Nynorsk balsatre
Polish ogorzałka wełnista
Quechua yawar wiqi
Romanian balsa
Russian Бальса
Russian Бальсовое дерево
Slovenian balzovec
Swedish balsa
Tamil மிருதுவான மரம்
udm Бальса
Ukrainian Бальсове дерево
Chinese 轻木
Chinese 輕木

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Vietnam
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Central American Pacific
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000390582
USDA Plants OCPY
Tropicos 3900204
INPN 447009
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171458-2
The Plant List kew-2401123
PFAF Ochroma pyramidale
Open Tree Of Life 861917
NCBI Taxonomy 66662
IUCN Red List 61786528
IPNI 171458-2
iNaturalist 62810
GBIF 3152240
Freebase /m/018cxj
EOL 584793
USDA GRIN 25473
Wikipedia Ochroma_pyramidale

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The complete chloroplast genome of Durio zibethinus L. cultivar Ri6 (Helicteroideae, Malvaceae) Gia Huy T, Thi NP, Do HD, Khang DT Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 08-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11086024
doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2350619
PMID:38737395
Changes in floristic and vegetation structure in a chronosequence of abandoned gold-mining lands in a tropical Amazon forest Garate-Quispe J, Canahuire-Robles R, Alarcón-Aguirre G, Dueñas-Linares H, Roman-Dañobeytia F Heliyon 21-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11064135
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29908
PMID:38699023
Metallic Wood through Deep-Cell-Wall Metallization: Synthesis and Applications Xu X, Garemark J, Ram F, Wang Z, Li Y ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11071041
doi:10.1021/acsami.4c02779
PMID:38634603
Subgenome-aware analyses reveal the genomic consequences of ancient allopolyploid hybridizations throughout the cotton family Sun P, Lu Z, Wang Z, Wang S, Zhao K, Mei D, Yang J, Yang Y, Renner SS, Liu J Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 03-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11009661
doi:10.1073/pnas.2313921121
PMID:38568968
Construction of Nanofibrillar Networked Wood Aerogels Derived from Typical Softwood and Hardwood: A Comparative Study on the In Situ Formation Mechanism of Nanofibrillar Networks Yan W, Qing Y, Li Z, Li L, Luo S, Wu Y, Chen D, Wu Y, Tian C Molecules 21-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10935105
doi:10.3390/molecules29050938
PMID:38474450
Dataset about Mexico's forest diversity: Site locations of tree species, wood densities, and geographic database of forest-vegetation provinces Ricker M, Castillo-Santiago MÁ, Gutiérrez-García G, Martínez-Salas EM, Mondragón E Data Brief 13-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10884748
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.110186
PMID:38406253
Differential Etching of Rays at Wood Surfaces Exposed to an Oxygen Glow Discharge Plasma Cheng KJ, Ma W, Evans PD Materials (Basel) 22-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10818692
doi:10.3390/ma17020521
PMID:38276461
Nanocrystalline iron hydroxide lignocellulose filters for arsenate remediation Soini SA, Feliciano SM, Duersch BG, Merk VM RSC Sustain 15-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10916386
doi:10.1039/d3su00326d
PMID:38455867
Mixed success for carbon payments and subsidies in support of forest restoration in the neotropics Sinacore K, García EH, Finkral A, van Breugel M, Lopez OR, Espinosa C, Miller A, Howard T, Hall JS Nat Commun 15-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10724297
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43861-4
PMID:38102119
Wood-based superblack Zhao B, Shi X, Khakalo S, Meng Y, Miettinen A, Turpeinen T, Mi S, Sun Z, Khakalo A, Rojas OJ, Mattos BD Nat Commun 05-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10697973
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43594-4
PMID:38052773
Ambient-densified and polymer-free transparent wood film for smart food packaging window Zhang K, Sutton I, Smith MD, Harper DP, Wang S, Wu T, Li M iScience 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10709124
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108455
PMID:38077126
Diverse Xylaria in the Ecuadorian Amazon and their mode of wood degradation Rajtar NN, Kielsmeier-Cook JC, Held BW, Toapanta-Alban CE, Ordonez ME, Barnes CW, Blanchette RA Bot Stud 25-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10600087
doi:10.1186/s40529-023-00403-x
PMID:37878199
Multiscale Porous Carbon Materials by In Situ Growth of Metal–Organic Framework in the Micro-Channel of Delignified Wood for High-Performance Water Purification Jeon Y, Kim D, Lee S, Lee K, Ko Y, Kwon G, Park J, Kim UJ, Hwang SY, Kim J, You J Nanomaterials (Basel) 03-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10574260
doi:10.3390/nano13192695
PMID:37836336
Systematic review of machine learning methods applied to ecoacoustics and soundscape monitoring Nieto-Mora DA, Rodríguez-Buritica S, Rodríguez-Marín P, Martínez-Vargaz JD, Isaza-Narváez C Heliyon 22-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10542774
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20275
PMID:37790981
Chromosome-scale genomes of commercial timber trees (Ochroma pyramidale, Mesua ferrea, and Tectona grandis) Sahu SK, Liu M, Chen Y, Gui J, Fang D, Chen X, Yang T, He C, Cheng L, Yang J, Sahu DN, Li L, Wang H, Mu W, Wei J, Liu J, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Lisby M, Liu X, Xu X, Li L, Wang S, Liu H Sci Data 03-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10400565
doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02420-8
PMID:37537171

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
3-[(2R,3S)-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-[[(E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxymethyl]-7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl]propyl (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate 101114360 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2COC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)O)OC)CCCOC(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC 742.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-4020(95)00801-E
Boehmenan 5274624 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2COC(=O)C=CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)CCCOC(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC 712.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-4020(95)00801-E
GlyTouCan:G02818SI 70698204 Click to see 712.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-4020(95)00801-E

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