Cannonball tree
ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಮರநாகலிங்க மரம்శివలింగపుష్పం
Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 20 m
- wide
- 14 m
Lecythidaceae
Also called Cannonball Tree
Formerly Couratari pedicellaris, Couroupita acreensis, Couroupita antillana, Couroupita froesii, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Panama to S. Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Top Tropicals and Horticopia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 15 m to 24 mRead from Horticopia, one source
- Spread
- 12 m to 15 mRead from Horticopia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from Horticopia, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Spanish
- Granadillo, Arbol Santo, Bala De Cañón
- French
- Calabasse Colin
- Chinese
- 炮弹树
- Tamil
- நாகலிங்க மரம், நாகலிங்கம்
- Telugu
- శివలింగపుష్పం
- Kannada
- ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಮರ
- Marathi
- नागलिंगम वृक्ष
- Bangla
- নাগ চম্পা, নাগলিঙ্গম
- Malayalam
- നാഗപുഷ്പം, നാഗലിംഗ പുഷ്പം, നാഗലിംഗപുഷ്പം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Horticopia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Couroupita guianensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.