Pochota

Pochota fendleri, commonly known as pupumjoche,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pochota.[2] Pochota fendleri is a tree which ranges from Central America (Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) to Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima).[3]

Pochota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pochota
Ram.Goyena (1909)[2]
Species:
P. fendleri
Binomial name
Pochota fendleri
(Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte (2015)[3]
Synonyms[3]
  • Bombacopsis fendleri (Seem.) Pittier (1916)
  • Bombacopsis jaris Pittier (1923)
  • Bombacopsis sepium Pittier (1923)
  • Bombax fendleri (Seem.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. (1893)
  • Bombax nicoyense Pittier (1914)
  • Pachira fendleri Seem. (1853)
  • Pachira bracteolata Decne. (1880)
  • Pochota vulgaris Ram.Goyena (1909)

Pochota fendleri is a medium-sized or large tree which grows 10 to 35 meters tall. It flowers from January to April and June and August, and fruits throughout the year.[1]

It grows mostly in lowland dry forests and seasonally humid forests, from sea level to 1,350 meters elevation.[1]

References
  1. Zamora, N.A. 2022. Pochota fendleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T61786620A162594989. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61786620A162594989.en. Accessed 21 June 2023.
  2. Pochota Ram.Goyena. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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