✿Bombacaceae · Ochroma
Balsa Tree
Ochroma pyramidale
TreeoutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Flowering
- February-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ochroma pyramidale
- Genus
- Ochroma
- Family
- Bombacaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- Tropical America
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pale yellow-creamrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Balsa Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Bombacaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- மிருதுவான மரம்
- Malayalam
- ബാൽസ
About Balsa Tree
Balsa Tree (Ochroma pyramidale) is a tree in the Bombacaceae family. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Uses
In practice it is cut for timber and furniture, tapped for gum or resin and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Botanical family
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
Balsa Tree belongs to the Bombacaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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