Ceiba trischistandra (A.Gray) Bakh.

%*%
/ ¥A
THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF ECUADOR
No. 6680	Bombacaceae
£ £ x ^ 2L "V* v ce* \ ^ \u. wv. ^ Co. £	•
^€.V - Gl\A»S v issv.
ECUADOR. Prov. Guayas. Km 59, Guayaquil-Salinas
hwy, E of Progreso. (2°25fS; 80°22IW). 246 m. Dry
scrub with Bombacaceae. Disturbed.
Large tree with buttresses and swollen trunks to 15
m tall. Bark green. Flower buds red. Petals,
anther column, and filaments white. Leaves taken
from a smaller tree nearby.
L. J. Dorr & I. Valdespino
17 July 1989
02684147