Wild Flowering Plants

Malvaceae
Ochroma pyramidale   (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
Bwa flo. Balsa.
Mexico to Tropical America.
Quite rare tree of openings in semi-evergreen seasonal forest, especially by roads, and in ravines in lower montane rainforest.
The soft timber, balsa, is seldom utilized here.  The kapok around the seed is stuffed in mattresses.
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