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Species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae

Pochota
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pochota
Ram.Goyena (1909)
Species: P. fendleri
Binomial name
Pochota fendleri
(Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte (2015)
Synonyms
  • Bombacopsis fendleri (Seem.) Pittier (1916)
  • Bombacopsis jaris Pittier (1923)
  • Bombacopsis sepium Pittier (1923)
  • Bombax fendleri (Seem.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. (1893)
  • Bombax nicoyense Pittier (1914)
  • Pachira fendleri Seem. (1853)
  • Pachira bracteolata Decne. (1880)
  • Pochota vulgaris Ram.Goyena (1909)

Pochota fendleri, commonly known as pupumjoche, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pochota. 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).

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.

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

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ Pochota Ram.Goyena. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Pochota
Pochota fendleri
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