Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis) West Africa. A somewhat smaller variety has been introduced to 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 Bombax ceiba, a native of tropical Asia.[3] 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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fruit, but also eat leaves, flowers, and nectar, with nectar from Ceibapentandra trees making up a large part of their diet during the dry season. They...
from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012. "Ceibapentandra". Human Uses and Cultural Importance. Archived from the original on...
containing seeds covered by a fibre similar to that of the kapok (Ceibapentandra) and to cotton, though with shorter fibres than cotton, that does not...
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mays). It also attacks trees including silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), kapok (Ceibapentandra), teak (Tectona grandis) and the portia tree (Thespesia populnea)...
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called "bottle trees". Many species grow to become large trees, with Ceibapentandra the tallest, reaching a height to 70 m. Several of the genera are commercially...
tree species, all referred to as "Kapok trees", for example: Ceibapentandra, Bombax ceiba and Bombax costatum – used as an edible oil, and in soap production...
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