Cochlospermum is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australia.

Some species of Cochlospermum (C. tinctorium) have been used as a yellow dyestuff on leather products and fabrics.

Species

Species include:

• Cochlospermum adjanyae - Angola

• Cochlospermum angolense - Angola, Zaïre

• Cochlospermum arafuricum - Northern Territory, Australia

• Cochlospermum fraseri - Western Australia, Northern Territory

• Cochlospermum gillivraei - Northern Territory, Queensland, Papua New Guinea

• Cochlospermum gonzalezii - western Mexico and Arizona, USA

• Cochlospermum intermedium - Central African Republic

• Cochlospermum macnamarae - Western Australia

• Cochlospermum malvifolium - northeastern Mexico

• Cochlospermum noldei - Angola

• Cochlospermum orinocense - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru

• Cochlospermum palmatifidum - Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA (Arizona, New Mexico)

• Cochlospermum planchonii - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan

• Cochlospermum regium - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay

• Cochlospermum religiosum - India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Myanmar; naturalized in Cambodia, Java, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia

• Cochlospermum tetraporum - Bolivia, Paraguay, northwestern Argentina

• Cochlospermum tinctorium - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda

• Cochlospermum vitifolium - Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; naturalized in Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bahamas

• Cochlospermum wittei - Zaïre

• Cochlospermum wrightii - Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, and Texas, USA

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