Origin and Habitat: Pachira aquatica is native to southern Mexico to Guyana, northern Brazil and the western Amazon and also in the Greater Antilles and NW Africa.
Altitude range: From sea level to 1300 metres above sea level.
Habitat and ecology: It grows on flooded riverbanks and swamps, and secondarily in lower montane cloud forest with average temperatures of 24°C and an annual precipitation between 1000 and 2000 mm. Normally found on tropical rive
Bombax aquaticum
