Ceiba pentandra

Also known as Java cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton, samauma, kapok tree, kapok

species of plant

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Vinony's link graph records 385 inbound references to Ceiba pentandra, and connects out to fiber, rainforest and Africa.

It is catalogued under topics including Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Ceiba and Crops originating from the Americas.

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Species

Least Concern

Ceiba pentandra

SPECIES

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

Observations recorded28,395

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。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,783
With media: 1,182
Family: Malvaceae
Collections: ECOSUR, CICY, UACH, INECOL, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, IIB-UV
Recorded in: Mexico

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Wikidata facts

Image: Ceiba pentandra in Cuba.jpg

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Commons category: Ceiba pentandra
taxon name: Ceiba pentandra
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9703
Commons gallery: Ceiba pentandra
short name: C. pentandra
taxon common name: kapoktree
external data available at URL: www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4

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Encyclopedic overview

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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