Trees of Cloudbridge

Billia hippocastanum (Cucaracho, cocora)

Description: Similar to B. colombiana but seen above 1550m, flowers are scarlet.

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Distribution:

How to recognize: Similar to B. colombiana but seen above 1550m, flowers are scarlet.

Uses:

Sources and Links:
INBio description
SysTax
and others

Scientific Information:

Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)

Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)

Family: Hippocastenaceae

Species: Billia hippocastenum

Photo Identification Guide: Billia hippocastenum (Cucaracho)

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Notes/Notas:

Arbol de 12 m. Creciendo en bosque
primario, a orilla de la calle. Frutos
marrÃ³n, abundantes.

Cordillera de Talamanca.
Muestra tomada de rama caÃda. Frutos
cafÃ©.

Arbol de 8 m x 6 cm DAP. Flores blancas
con el centro amarillo.

Arbol 12 m; caliz rojizo; pÃ©talos
blancos en el Ã¡pice, rojizos en la base;
anteras anaranjadas.

Arbolito de 5.5 m. Flores de cÃ¡liz y
corola roja. Filamentos rojos, anteras
amarillas. Creciendo solitario en
potrero.

Cocora (billia hippocastanum), about 70 feet high

Billia hippocastanum Peyr.

Family - HIPPOCASTANACEAE - Horse-Chestnut Family

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Cloudbridge: Bridging a Costa Rican cloud forest

Division:	Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class:	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Family:	Hippocastenaceae
Species:	Billia hippocastenum