Ochroma pyramidale--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 246.jpg
Native to Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Andaman Is., Cameroon, DR Congo, Galápagos, Guinea, Marquesas, Nicobar Is., Senegal, Society Is., Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)
4.018898, 9.197624
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
Location
Costa Rica
10.136111, -83.971944
Location Remarks
Puntar Los Charcos de Osa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)
Location Remarks
Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Ochroma
Specific Epithet
pyramidale
Authorship
(Cav.) Urb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 12.0
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#98,751 of 335,497
Top 30%
Extinction probability
5%
