Bombax ceiba(BOMCE)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-06
- EPPO Code: BOMCE
- Preferred name: Bombax ceiba
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), New Guinea, Australia (Northern). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Central America, Caribbean, northern Brazil
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Bombacopsis quinata | Dugand |
| Bombax aculeatum | Linnaeus |
| Bombax malabaricum | de Candolle |
| Gossampinus malabarica | Merrill |
| Pachira quinata | Alverson |
| Salmalia malabarica | (de Candolle) Schott & Endlicher |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| cotton tree | English |
| Malabar simal | English (IN) |
| pochote | English |
| red silk-cotton tree | English |
| wild chestnut | English |
| asiatischer Kapokbaum | German |
| indischer Seidenwollbaum | German |
| Kapokbaum | German |
| arbre à bourre | French |
| arbre à coton | French |
| ceïba | French |
| fromager | French |
| semoule | French |
| bombax | Spanish |
| cedro espino | Spanish |
| cedro espinoso | Spanish |
| cedro macho | Spanish |
| ceiba roja | Spanish |
| ceibo | Spanish (BO) |
| malabarico | Spanish |
| pachote | Spanish |
| kaasboom | Dutch |
| algodoeiro-do-mato | Portuguese |
| arvore-da-lã | Portuguese |
| panheira | Portuguese |
| sumaúma | Portuguese |
| simul | Bengali |
| mù mián | Chinese |
| 木棉 | Chinese |
| semal | Hindi |
| salmali | Sanskrit |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Malvales (
1MAVO )
Family
Malvaceae (
1MAVF )
Subfamily
Bombacoideae (
1BOMS )
Genus
Bombax (
1BOMG )
Species
Bombax ceiba (
BOMCE )