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Details for: TARS 4997,
Pachira aquatica
Aubl., Guiana Chestnut
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pachira aquatica
Aubl.
Top Name:
Guiana Chestnut
Origin:
Donated – Martinique
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 1938
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Plant
1 count
TARS 4997 PL
Distributed as: Seeds, Available: From January to April
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pachira aquatica
Aubl.
Top Name:
Guiana Chestnut
Origin:
Donated – Martinique
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 1938
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
31 March 1938.
Martinique
Donor(s):
Kervegant, Jardin Botanique
Accession Names and Identifiers
Guiana Chestnut
Type: Local name
TARS 4997
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS
Narrative
Pachira aquatica
Aubl.
Genus:
Pachira
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Bombacoideae
Nomen number:
26272
Place of publication:
Hist. pl. Guiane 726, t. 291-292. 1775
Verified:
12/08/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bombax macrocarpum
(Schltdl. & Cham.) K. Schum.
Carolinea macrocarpa
Schltdl. & Cham.
Pachira macrocarpa
(Cham. & Schltdl.) Walp.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Guiana-chestnut
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
Malabar-chestnut
1
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
English
provision-tree
1
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
English
sabanut
1
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
English
water-chestnut
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
wild cocoa
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French
châtaignier de la Guyane
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
French
châtaignier sauvage
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Sumpf-Rasierpinselbaum
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Portuguese (Brazil)
mamorana
2
Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini.
1966. Useful plants of Brazil.
Spanish
castaño de agua
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
castaño de la Guayana
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
ceibo de agua
2
Perez Arbelaez, E.
1947. Plantas utiles de Colombia.
Swedish
strandkastanj
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
gua li
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
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