Name: Balsaholz, Balsa Wood, Balsa; Ceibon botija, Balsa, Lanero, Lana, Ceibon lanero, Palo de balsa, Seibon botija (Cuba), Lana, Lanero, Palo de lana (Dominican Republic), Bois madame, Coton fleur, Coton mahaudeme (Haiti), Down tree, Corkwood, Bombast mahoe, Balsa (Jamaica), Pripri, Fromager-mapou, Bois flot, Bois flo, Balsa, Mahot grandes feuilles, Patte de lievre, Patte de lapin (Lesser Antilles), Balsa, Cuano, Corcho, Corkwood, Guano (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Guinea [I]; Cameroon [I]; Central African Republic [I]; China [I] (Yunnan [I]); Taiwan [I]; S-India [c]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Vietnam [I]; Borneo [I]; Philippines [c]; Java [I]; New Guinea [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; St. Martin/St. Maarten; Nevis; St. Kitts; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Grenada; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaupés); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Portuguesa, Zulia); French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre)
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= Bombax angulatum Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexico. ed. 2, 154 (1894)
= Bombax pyramidale Cav.; Diss. 5, Quinta Diss. Bot. 294 (t. 153) (1788)
= Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam.; Encycl. [J. Lam. & al.] 2(2): 552 (1788)
= Bombax pyramidatum Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steud.] 114 (1821)
= Ochroma bicolor Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 165 (1919)
= Ochroma boliviana Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919)
= Ochroma concolor Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 161 (1919)
= Ochroma grandiflora Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919)
= Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag.; Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 131 (1880)
= Ochroma lagopus Sw.; Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 98 (1788)
= Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 62 (1944)
= Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatensis Cuatrec.; Phytologia 4: 480 (1954)
= Ochroma limonensis Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 163 (1919)
= Ochroma obtusa Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9: 166 (1919)
= Ochroma peruviana I.M.Johnst.; Contrib. Gray Herb. n. s. 81: 95 (1928)
= Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky; Trop. Woods no. 109: 63 (1958)
= Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schult.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9: 177 (1941)
= Ochroma tomentosa Willd.; Enum. Pl. [Willd.] 2: 695 (1809)
= Ochroma tomentosum var. ibarrense Benoist; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 439 (1941)
= Ochroma velutina Rowlee; J. Wash. Acad Sci. 9: 164 (1919)
