English: Cockroach tree.
Local: Cachimbo, Cocora, Cucaracho, Guatusa, Ira Zapote, Ocora, Resino.
Synonym: Billia columbiana; Pavonia columbiana; Pawia columbiana; Putzeysia rosea.
Region: Americas, central Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá, Venezuela.
Habitat: in both humid, coastal regions, mountain cloud forests.
Content: triterpene saponins, billiosides A to E, B and C.
Use: wood in carpentry.
BotanyTree; large, up to 30 meters tall.
Leaves: tripartite, sometimes 2 or 4.
Inflorescence: yellow hairs on the flowering stalk.
Flowers: white; aromatic; sepals 4; petals 4, zygomorhic; stamens 4.
Pollination: insects.
Fruits: large, brown, capsules; 1 to 3 seeds.