Pachira aquatica, Pachira grandiflora, Pachira insignis.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Pachira aquatica Aubl.
Engl.: Guiana-chestnut.
Sven.: strandkastanj.
Port.: castanha do maranhao, castanheiro do maranhao, castanhola, mamorana, monguba, munguba, paineira de cuba.
Bot. syn.: Bombax aquaticum Schum., Pachira grandiflora Tussac, Pachyra nitida Kunth.
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