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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 84
- Scientific Name: Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. Ex Lamk.) Urban
- Family: Bombacaceae
- Trade Name: Balsa
- Common Name: Balsa Wood
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- Native: South Mexico to Tropical America
- Specimen from: Peechi, Thrissur
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Tree 10-30 m. tall, bark smooth and grayish. Leaf blade broadly ovate, flower whitish. Fruit is a capsule.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings Indistinct, occasionally delimited by fairly crowded vessels.Vessels Diffuse- porous Large to medium, very few to few, sometimes with a tendency to crowd near growth rings.Rays Broad to moderately broad, few, widely spaced.
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