Pochota

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Pochota
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pochota
Ram.Goyena (1909) [2]
Species:
P. fendleri
Binomial name
Pochota fendleri
(Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte (2015) [3]
Synonyms [3]
  • Bombacopsis fendleri(Seem.) Pittier (1916)
  • Bombacopsis jarisPittier (1923)
  • Bombacopsis sepiumPittier (1923)
  • Bombax fendleri(Seem.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. (1893)
  • Bombax nicoyensePittier (1914)
  • Pachira fendleriSeem. (1853)
  • Pachira bracteolataDecne. (1880)
  • Pochota vulgarisRam.Goyena (1909)

Pochota fendleri, commonly known as pupumjoche, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pochota. [2] Pochota fendleri is a tree which ranges from Central America (Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) to Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima). [3]

Pochota fendleri is a medium-sized or large tree which grows 10 to 35 meters tall. It flowers from January to April and June and August, and fruits throughout the year. [1]

It grows mostly in lowland dry forests and seasonally humid forests, from sea level to 1,350 meters elevation. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Zamora, N.A. (2022). "Pochota fendleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T61786620A162594989. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61786620A162594989.en . Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 Pochota Ram.Goyena. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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