The Ceiba chodatii, an emblematic tree of the Paraguayan Chaco, gains a rare specimen with yellow flowers in Parque Rodó, Montevideo. Amateur botanist Antonio Schinca documents the reproductive difficulties of the specimen, which blooms in the austral winter and suffers from a lack of pollinators. The tree, known as samu'u, is also used in the Chaco to make canoes that transport children to school during floods.
René Chodat
Botánico suizo que estudió la flora paraguaya a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, y a quien se dedica el nombre científico Ceiba chodatii.