tain that there is more than one. ..’’ Likewise, Record, 
who studied the wood of the American Bombacaceae, 
has observed (in Trop. Woods 59 (1989) 15): ‘‘Some 
botanists claim to recognize 10 or more species but for 
all practical purposes there is only one, O. pyramidale 
(Cav.) Urban (=O. Lagopus Sw.), of which the others 
are varieties or forms. ”’ 
Record’s observation is borne out by the available 
specimens of Ochroma from southern Mexico. The spec- 
imens which have been called Ochroma concolor differ 
somewhat from true O. pyramidale of the West Indies, 
but the differences are trivial and deserve no more than 
varietal status. Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor is usu- 
ally a much larger plant than O. pyramidale. Schultes 
& Reko 692 was collected from a very tall tree which at- 
tains a height of from seventy to eighty feet. The trunk 
is stout and smooth with a greyish bark. The leaves of 
the variety tend to be larger, thinner and glabrous or 
nearly so. The flowers of the two plants are of the same 
size, but those of the variety are produced two months 
later than are those of the species. In the District of 
Tuxtepec, the variety fruits late in April and early May. 
Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor represents a clearly 
distinct geographical variety centering around southern 
Mexico and Guatemala. Rowlee recognized this when 
he stated: ‘‘It is known only from the country surround- 
ing the head of the Bay of Honduras. It has not been 
reported outside of Guatemala, but undoubtedly grows 
in adjacent Honduras and British Honduras, and, in all 
probability, in southern Yucatan. ”’ 
In the Chinantece village of San José Chiltepec, Och- 
roma pyramidale var. concolor is known by the Spanish 
name gonote red/ and by the Chinantec name ma-ho. It is 
said to grow in the adjacent parts of the District of Cho- 
apam where the Chinantecs call it mo-ma-ah. 
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