Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balsa	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
balso	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
palma de mano	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
palo balsa	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaf, exocarp, látex, bark		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919).
Ochroma lagopus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 98 (1788).
Bombax angulatum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 154 (1894).
Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam. Encycl. 2: 552 (1788).
Bombax pyramidatum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 114 (1821).
Ochroma bicolor Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 165 (1919).
Ochroma boliviana Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919).
Ochroma concolor Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 161 (1919).
Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 131 (1880), orth. var.
Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 62 (1944).
Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatense Cuatrec. Phytologia 4: 480 (1954).
Ochroma limonensis Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919).
Ochroma obtusa Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919).
Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 95 (1928).
Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky Trop. Woods 109: 63 (1958).
Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schult. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 177 (1941).
Ochroma tomentosa Willd. Enum. Pl.: 695 (1809).
Ochroma tomentosum var. ibarrense Benoist Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 439 (1941).
Ochroma velutina Rowlee J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 164 (1919).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ochroma grandiflorum Rowieee.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ochroma lagopus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ochroma lagopus Sw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ochroma lagopus Swartz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ochroma pyramidale (Cav Ex Lam.) Urb.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ochroma pyramidale (Cav.) Urb.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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