Pochota

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Zamora, N.A. |year=2022 |title=Pochota fendleri |volume=2022 |page=e.T61786620A162594989 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T61786620A162594989.en |access-date=21 June 2023}}

|taxon = Pochota fendleri

|parent_authority = Ram.Goyena (1909)

|authority = (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte (2015)

|synonyms =

• Bombacopsis fendleri {{small|(Seem.) Pittier (1916)}}
• Bombacopsis jaris {{small|Pittier (1923)}}
• Bombacopsis sepium {{small|Pittier (1923)}}
• Bombax fendleri {{small|(Seem.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. (1893)}}
• Bombax nicoyense {{small|Pittier (1914)}}
• Pachira fendleri {{small|Seem. (1853)}}
• Pachira bracteolata {{small|Decne. (1880)}}
• Pochota vulgaris {{small|Ram.Goyena (1909)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77153692-1 Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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Pochota fendleri, commonly known as pupumjoche, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is the sole species in genus Pochota.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30005586-2 Pochota Ram.Goyena]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 June 2023. Pochota fendleri is a tree which ranges from Central America (Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama) to Colombia, Venezuela, and northern Brazil (Amazonas and Roraima).

Pochota fendleri is a medium-sized or large tree which grows 10 to 35 meters tall. It flowers from January to April and June and August, and fruits throughout the year.

It grows mostly in lowland dry forests and seasonally humid forests, from sea level to 1,350 meters elevation.