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Barriguda Tree
Barriguda tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Acrocomia intumescens'' *' *Species in the genus '' Ceiba'', specifically **''Ceiba speciosa'', native to South America **''Ceiba ventricosa'', native to Brazil *''Iriartea ventricosa ''Iriartea'' is a genus in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Central and South America. The best-known species – and probably the only one – is ''Iriartea deltoidea'', which is found from Nicaragua, south into Bolivia and a great p ...
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Acrocomia Intumescens
''Acrocomia intumescens'', the macaúba-barriguda tree, is a palm tree in the genus ''Acrocomia''. It is native to the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Ceará. It occurs in the Atlantic Forest, both in the Zona da Mata and in the Caatinga moist-forest enclaves. This palm is one of two species that are locally known by the name of macaúba, macaíba, boicaiuva or coco-de-catarro, the other being ''Acrocomia aculeata''. The local names are derived from the Tupi word ''ma'kaí'ba'', meaning "yellow-coconut". Characteristics The plant has a solitary stem that grows up to ten meters high and is swollen in the middle, as described by the Latin specific epithet ''intumescens''. The palm leaves are compound, plicated and deciduous, and the inflorescence is panicle-like. Uses The plant is widely used in urban afforestation of squares and roads in Northeast Brazil, and its wood is widely used in civil constructions. The fruits have an edible ...
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Ceiba
''Ceiba'' is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress roots that can be taller than a grown person. The best-known, and most widely cultivated, species is Kapok, ''Ceiba pentandra'', one of several trees called kapok. ''Ceiba'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species, including the leaf-miner ''Bucculatrix ceibae'', which feeds exclusively on the genus. Recent botanical opinion incorporates ''Chorisia'' within ''Ceiba'' and puts the genus as a whole within the family Malvaceae. Culture and history The tree plays an important part in the mythologies of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures. In addition, several Amazonian tribes of eastern Peru believe deiti ...
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Ceiba Speciosa
''Ceiba speciosa'', the floss silk tree (formerly ''Chorisia speciosa''), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has several local common names, such as ''palo borracho'' (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or '' árbol del puente'', ''samu'ũ'' (in Guarani), or ''paineira'' (in Brazilian Portuguese). In Bolivia, it is called toborochi, meaning "tree of refuge" or "sheltering tree". In the USA it often is called the silk floss tree. It belongs to the same family as the baobab; the species ''Bombax ceiba''; and other kapok trees. Another tree of the same genus, '' Ceiba chodatii'', is often referred to by the same common names. Description The natural habitat of the floss silk tree is in the northeast of Argentina, east of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. It is resistant to drought and moderate cold. It grows fast in spurts when water is abundant, and sometimes reaches more than in height. ...
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Ceiba Ventricosa
''Ceiba ventricosa'', known as the barriguda tree, is a species of tree in the Malvaceae family. It is a tropical and evergreen species native to the Atlantic rainfrests of Brazil. It can reach a height of 26 meters, and the bole can grow to a diameter of 60 centimeters. The species was described by Pedro Felix Ravenna in 1998. Uses The timber is harvested, but is of low quality. The wood is used by the Aimoré The Aimoré ''(Aymore, Aimboré)'' are one of several South American peoples of eastern Brazil called Botocudo in Portuguese (from ''botoque'', a plug), in allusion to the wooden disks or tembetás worn in their lips and ears. Some called thems ... people of Brazil as a wooden plug or disk which is worn in the lower lip and the lobe of the ear. References {{Taxonbar ventricosa Flora of Brazil Plants described in 1998 ...
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