Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Hura crepitans L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Hura crepitans
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Sandbox Tree, Dynamite Tree, monkey-no-climb, sandboxtree
Names in other languages (46)Acaçu, Assacu, Assacu-preto, Assacuzeiro, Assacú, Assacú-vermelho, Açacu, Barbasco, Ba̱chöl, Bàchöl, Böchö́l, Ceiba amarilla, Ceiba blanca, Ceiba de leche, Ceiba tronadora, Jabilla, Jabillo, Javilla, Monkey Pistol, Porzófa, Roda, Sablier, Sabliyé, Sandbüchsenbaum, Ussacu, Zandkokerboom, asiwakalan, kumakalan, bois diable, pet du diable, sablier, bwa-dyab, catahua, hura chřestivá, hura rachotivá, inupupu, javillo, lauttahurapuu, mutata, posenti, postii, sanddoseträd, sandstrooierboom, tenway, wasaku, Хура трескающаяся, โพศรี, サルノトウナス, 沙盒樹, 砂箱の木
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Malpighiales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Hura
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
crepitans
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Hura crepitans
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.
Photo of Hura crepitans L.
Photo: sucker69420 · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hura crepitans L.
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Photo of Hura crepitans L.
Photo: Sue Carnahan · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hura crepitans L.
Photo: Steven Bodzin · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hura crepitans L.
Photo: prodewald · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Hura crepitans L.
Photo: cappycollins · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.

Interacciones documentadas

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Types shown: 7 of 7 is a host of × interacts with × is eaten by × is adjacent to × has as a parasite × is preyed upon by × is a symbiont of ×

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is a host of 66 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pseudocercospora hurae Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 34 not compared
Septoidium hurae Parodiopsidaceae is a host of 19 not compared
BOLD:AAA5397 Notodontidae is a host of 14 not compared
Parodiopsis perae Parodiopsidaceae is a host of 12 not compared
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interacts with 10 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Encarsia larensis Aphelinidae interacts with 2 no location
Irpex flavus interacts with 2 not compared
Nealeurodicus bakeri Aleyrodidae interacts with 1 not compared
Parasitoid wasp Encarsia dispersa interacts with 1 no location
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is eaten by 8 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Calloconophora pinguis Membracidae is eaten by 2 no location
Alconeura pistola Cicadellidae is eaten by 2 no location
Lowland Paca Cuniculus paca Cuniculidae is eaten by 1 no location
Sibine geyeri Limacodidae is eaten by 1 no location
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is adjacent to 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parodiopsis perae Parodiopsidaceae is adjacent to 5 not compared
Pseudocercospora hurae Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
Tenuipalpus hurae Tenuipalpidae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Parodiopsis perae var. hurae Perisporiopsidaceae is adjacent to 1 no location
Showing 4 of 4, by number of studies

has as a parasite 2 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Parasitoid wasp Encarsia dispersa Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Encarsia larensis Aphelinidae has as a parasite 1 no location
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

is preyed upon by 1 organism

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pseudomyrmex Formicidae is preyed upon by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

is a symbiont of 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
Showing 1 of 1, by number of studies

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.