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Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

Cochlospermum vitifolium
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0

Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.. Cochlospermum vitifolium or rosa amarilla is a tree belonging to the family Bixaceae. It reaches up to 12 metres (40 ft) in height and its leaves are deciduous. Its flowers are showy, yellow, solitary, and large, up to 10 centimetres (4 in) across. They resemble roses but do not belong to the same family. It inhabits the dry jungles of southern Mexico to Central America from sea level to 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) elevation. Its wood produces a yellow-orange dye used for dyeing cotton clothes.

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Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng. — seeds, tools & books

Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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