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Pachira insignis
About
Pachira insignis is a tree belonging to the Baobab Subfamily (Bombacoideae) of the Mallow Family (Malvaceae) and native to the tropics of South America and nearby islands . Its English common names include "wild chestnut" and "wild breadnut". It is best known for its very large flowers; the widest borne by any tree; up to 70 cm (28 in) diameter. Each of the five yellow petals is up to 35 cm (14 in) in length by up to 5 cm (2.0 in) wide. The stamens are united in the lower third, divided into five subgroups in the middle third and become up to one thousand discrete stamens in the upper third.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pachira insignis
- Slug
- pachira-insignis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pachira
- Species
- insignis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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