Taxon: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Common names:

• árbol capoc   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• capoc   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• ceiba   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• fromager   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr )
  
• kapok   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 )
  
• Kapokbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• kapokier   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• kapoktree   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• pochote   (Source: F NGalicia )
  
• samauma   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• samauma-da-várzea   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  
• silk-cottontree   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• white silk-cottontree   (Source: Hortus 3 )
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; TreesS Mex; F Guat)
  
• Materials: fiber; lipids   (fiber for filling pillows, life preserves and mattresses, oil for soap fide F Guat; F Ceylon)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Gabon; Rwanda; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Veracruz
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico - Chiapas, Yucatan; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles - Curacao; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Virgin Islands (British) - Virgin Gorda
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil - Acre, Maranhao, Para, Roraima
  Western South America: Bolivia - Santa Cruz; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru - Huanuco, Loreto, Pasco

Other:

• naturalized in tropical Asia, native range uncertain

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. (F Jam)
• Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Anal Sao Paulo)
• Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963–. Flore du Cameroun. (F Cameroun)
• Boggan, J. et al. 1992. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas. (L Guianas)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Rio Palenque science center. (F RPalenq)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. (Handb Nuts)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Gibbs, P. & J. Semir. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ceiba Mill. (Bombacaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60:259–300.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria. (Trees Nigeria)
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
• Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:374.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ceiba pentandra. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Bombax pentandrum L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev.
  
• (=) Ceiba casearia Medik.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.
  (previously associated with 14 accessions)

Check other databases for Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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