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Each value Trefle shows for Ochroma pyramidale, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5: 123 (1920)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1920	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Balsa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. Mexico to Trop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	630 cm	630 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 49 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 64, 112, 288, 344, 431, 613, 653, 668, 673, 873	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 668	Sourced
Fruit shape	empty	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	empty	2000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 64, 112, 288, 344, 431, 613, 653, 668, 673, 873	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 460	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 89, 444, 445, 653	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	20.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 113, 230, 412	Not on the record

Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb., 1920 18% complete

Balsa

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