Malvaceae
Balsa
Ochroma pyramidale
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Ochroma
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- بلزا هرمية, بلزا رجل الأرنب
- arz
- بلزا هرميه
- Cantonese
- 輕木
- Chinese
- 輕木, 轻木, 百色木
- Czech
- Balzovník jihoamerický
- Danish
- Balsatræ
- Dutch
- Balsa
- English
- Balsa, West Indian balsa
- Esperanto
- Balzo
- Finnish
- Balsapuu
- French
- Balsa
- Galician
- Balsa
- Georgian
- Ბალსა
- German
- Balsabaum
- Haitian Creole
- Mawodenn
- Hebrew
- בלזה
- Hungarian
- Balsafa
- Indonesian
- Balsa
- Irish
- Balsa
- Italian
- Balsa
- Japanese
- バルサ
- koi
- Бальса
- Korean
- 발사
- kv
- Бальса
- lfn
- Balsa
- Lithuanian
- Kūginė balza
- Malayalam
- ബാൽസ
- mrj
- Бальса
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Balsatre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Balsatre
- Persian
- درخت بالسا
- Polish
- Ogorzałka wełnista
- Portuguese
- Ochroma
- Quechua
- Yawar wiqi
- Romanian
- Balsa
- Russian
- Бальса, Бальсовое дерево
- Slovenian
- Balzovec
- Spanish
- Ochroma
- Swedish
- Balsa
- Tamil
- மிருதுவான மரம்
- udm
- Бальса
- Ukrainian
- Бальсове дерево
Synonyms
- Bombax angulata Sessé & Moc.
- Bombax angulatum Sessé & Moc.
- Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam.
- Bombax pyramidatum Steud.
- Ochroma bicolor Rowlee
- Ochroma boliviana Rowlee
- Ochroma concolor Rowlee
- Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee
- Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag.
- Ochroma lagopus Sw.
- Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatense Cuatrec.
- Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatensis Cuatrec.
- Ochroma limonense Rowlee
- Ochroma limonensis Rowlee
- Ochroma obtusa Rowlee
- Ochroma obtusum Rowlee
- Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst.
- Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky
- Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schult.
- Ochroma tomentosa Willd.
- Ochroma tomentosum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Ochroma tomentosum var. ibarrense Benoist
- Ochroma velutina Rowlee
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February, April (from 71 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: André Ambrozio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luis G Restrepo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew J. Crawford, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.