| Common Names - Balsa wood | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Sw. | Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? Angiosperm |
| Plant forms - Tree | Total Number of species - 1 |
| World Distribution - Mexico, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Central | |
| Comments - Has wood. Provides the world's lightest, soft wood used for modeling, floats. | |