Pachira aquatica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 028.jpg
Pachira aquatica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 029.jpg
Pachira aquatica--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 12 Oct 04. 030.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela; introduced into Cameroon, Caroline Is., Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Haiti, Marianas, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Madagascar, Diana, Antsiranana (Ankarangona, Limbe Botanic Garden)
-12.611667, 49.461667
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Pachira
Specific Epithet
aquatica
Authorship
Aubl.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#248,171 of 335,497
Top 74%
Extinction probability
6%
