Is This A Balsa (Ochroma)

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Pitter, Nov 22, 2009.

  1. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    From what I can find while the leaf looks like Ochroma the flower isn´t right. Can anyone help me out?
     

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    tipularia Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Flower looks like Solanaceae family
     
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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Looks like a Solanum. Not sure which species grow where you are.


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    Sorry tipularia. Until Lorax posted I hadn't realised that you had posted
     
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  4. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Solanum for me too. Maybe Lulo de Arbol? (Naranjilla tree, whose scientific name I do not recall at the moment.)
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Thank you. Yes the flower does look like a Solanum but this is a large tree. The trunk measures 53 cm at chest height. A leaf I measured is 17 cm long by 13 cm wide. It´s in Colombia at 2100 m.
     
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