Bombacopsis quinata

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Pochote
B. quinata flower, showing abundance of stamens
B. quinata flower, showing abundance of stamens
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Bombacaceae
Genus: Bombacopsis
Species: B. quinata
Binomial name
Bombacopsis quinata
(Jacq.) Dugand

A relatively common timber tree of western Costa Rica, pochotes bear large, stubby thorns on their trunk and branches, and are often planted as living fenceposts, with barbed wire strung between them. It can also be found in the Central American dry forest of Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and in South America it can be found in Venezuela and Colombia.

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