Ceiba pentandra(CEIPE)
Overview Code created in: 2001-11-13
- EPPO Code: CEIPE
- Preferred name: Ceiba pentandra
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Gärtner
Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northern to Bolivia). Cultivated for "kapok", the fine silk contained in the capsules, now replaced by synthetic materials because of its flammability. Other uses exist for the wood and seeds (oil, seed cake). Introduced in Western Asia (Yemen), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Sulawesi), Sénégal to Somalia, Guinée to Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, East Africa, Angola to Mozambique
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Eriodendron anfractuosum | de Candolle |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| giant kapok | English |
| God's tree | English |
| kapok tree | English |
| silk cotton tree | English |
| Kapokbaum | German |
| arbre à bourre | French |
| capoquier | French |
| fromagier | French |
| kapokier | French |
| ceiba | Spanish (AR) |
| ceibe | Spanish (HN) |
| ceibote | Spanish |
| kapok | Spanish |
| lupuna | Spanish |
| pachote | Spanish (HN) |
| samauma | Spanish (AR) |
| toborachi | Spanish (BO) |
| capoc | Italian |
| ceiba | Italian |
| kapokboom | Dutch |
| árvore-da-lã | Portuguese |
| kapoc | Portuguese |
| mafumeira | Portuguese |
| painera | Portuguese (BR) |
| poilão | Portuguese |
| sumaúma | Portuguese |
| swet simul | Bengali |
| jí bèi | Chinese |
| 吉贝 | Chinese |
| safed savara | Hindi |
| seta salmali | Sanskrit |
| sufi | Swahili |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Malvales (
1MAVO )
Family
Malvaceae (
1MAVF )
Subfamily
Bombacoideae (
1BOMS )
Genus
Ceiba (
1CEIG )
Species
Ceiba pentandra (
CEIPE )