Types of trees in Plaza Blacutt - Santa Cruz Bolivia?

by Alice Smith
(Portland, Oregon)

We recently visited Bolivia and stayed in Santa Cruz. In the little Plaza Blacutt there were these beautiful flowering trees. I was wondering if anyone knew what type of trees these are.

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Aug 17, 2024
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by: Penelope

There are 2 types of trees that blossom at Plaza Blacutt in Santa Cruz. One is the toborochi tree and the other is the tajibo tree.

Toborochi trees are the ones that have a swelled trunk. Toborochi is a local indigenous word that means "sheltering tree". The scientific name is Ceiba speciosa and it's known in English as "floss silk tree". Its blossoms are pink. In South America the toborochi trees usually bloom between February and May.

Tajibo trees. The tajibo tree is also known locally as lapacho (and in the Guaraní language as ipê). The scientific name is Handroanthus impetiginosus. Tajibo trees blossom in 4 different colors: yellow, pink, purple and white.

In Bolivia, and most of the Southern Hemisphere, the pink tajibo trees (specifically) blossom between July and September. In other colors they blossom during different times of the year.

The tajibos in Plaza Blacutt usually blossom pink, so that's why I'm not sure if you are referring to the toborochi trees or the tajibo trees, both of which exist at the plaza, although there are more toborochis than tajibos.
Jun 25, 2020
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by: Carmen

What color were the trees?
Yellow or red?
What time of the year did you see them blooming?

Apologies for all the questions.
I live in South Florida and we have both trees here if those are the ones I’m thinking of.
Either way if you could share the time of year trees were in bloom and color, I could narrow them down for you.
Jun 25, 2020
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by: Anonymous

Gomeros (Siringa)

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