Malvaceae
Wild chestnut
Pachira insignis
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pachira
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Pachira insignisMalvaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Wild chestnut
- Portuguese
- Imbirussú
Synonyms
- Bombax affine (Mart.) Ducke
- Bombax insigne (Sw.) K.Schum.
- Bombax spectabile Ulbr.
- Bombax spruceanum (Decne.) Ducke
- Carolinea affinis Mart.
- Carolinea insignis Sw.
- Pachira affinis (Mart.) Decne.
- Pachira loddigesii Decne.
- Pachira spruceana Decne.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
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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.