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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Native toBahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador
吉贝（学名：Ceiba pentandra），又名吉貝木棉、美洲木棉、爪哇木棉，为锦葵科木棉亚科吉贝属的植物。
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
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- useful plant
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Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously placed in the family Bombacaceae), native to Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern half of South America; some authors also consider it native in western and central Africa. It is widely introduced in other tropical regions including South and Southeast Asia, where it is cultivated.
The tree and the cotton-like fluff obtained from its seed pods are commonly known in English as kapok, a Malay-derived name which originally applied to the related species Bombax ceiba, a native of tropical Asia. In Spanish-speaking countries the tree is commonly known as "ceiba" and in French-speaking countries as fromager. The tree is cultivated for its cottonlike seed fibre, particularly in south-east Asia, and is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton or samauma.
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Botanical taxa named by Carl LinnaeusCeibaCrops originating from the AmericasFiber plantsIUCN Red List least concern speciesNational symbols of Equatorial GuineaNational symbols of GuatemalaNational symbols of Puerto RicoPlants described in 1791Taxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added basionymsTrees of Africa