Topa
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Topa
Scientific name: Ochroma pyamidale
Common name: Topa. Balsa wood
Family: Bombacaceae
Order: Malvales
Place of origin: Native of Tropical America
Topa is used medicinally for mange by indigenous communities. Prepared as a bitter drink from the buds of new leaves.
Ecologically it is one of the most important pioneer species in the Peruvian Amazon, along with the cecropias. Topa is one of the trees that colonises new areas, it has deep tap roots which suck up minerals which a lot of the primary forest trees cant access with their superficial roots. Topa is an organic matter factory as it has huge leaves, which fall and carpet the forest floor. The secondary forest is like an immune system building up the soil and Topa is one of the species that really exemplifies that.
In Mexico and Ecuador there is an industry of Balsa wood where it is an important timber product, and used to make airplane and architectural models.
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Topa
Scientific name: Ochroma pyamidale
Common name: Topa. Balsa wood
Family: Bombacaceae
Order: Malvales
Place of origin: Native of Tropical America
Topa is used medicinally for mange by indigenous communities. Prepared as a bitter drink from the buds of new leaves.
Ecologically it is one of the most important pioneer species in the Peruvian Amazon, along with the cecropias. Topa is one of the trees that colonises new areas, it has deep tap roots which suck up minerals which a lot of the primary forest trees cant access with their superficial roots. Topa is an organic matter factory as it has huge leaves, which fall and carpet the forest floor. The secondary forest is like an immune system building up the soil and Topa is one of the species that really exemplifies that.
In Mexico and Ecuador there is an industry of Balsa wood where it is an important timber product, and used to make airplane and architectural models.
8.27 × 11.69 inches
Topa
Scientific name: Ochroma pyamidale
Common name: Topa. Balsa wood
Family: Bombacaceae
Order: Malvales
Place of origin: Native of Tropical America
Topa is used medicinally for mange by indigenous communities. Prepared as a bitter drink from the buds of new leaves.
Ecologically it is one of the most important pioneer species in the Peruvian Amazon, along with the cecropias. Topa is one of the trees that colonises new areas, it has deep tap roots which suck up minerals which a lot of the primary forest trees cant access with their superficial roots. Topa is an organic matter factory as it has huge leaves, which fall and carpet the forest floor. The secondary forest is like an immune system building up the soil and Topa is one of the species that really exemplifies that.
In Mexico and Ecuador there is an industry of Balsa wood where it is an important timber product, and used to make airplane and architectural models.