Malvaceae

Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae

• Adansonia digitata W/C
• Adansonia za
• Ceiba acuminata
• Ceiba pentandra
• Chorisia speciosa
• Pachira aquatica
• Pseudobombax ellipticum

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae

• Hermannia verticillata

Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae

• Theobroma cacao
• Theobroma cacao

Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae

• Dombeya wallichii

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae

• Clappertonia ficifolia
• Grewia occidentalis

Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae

• Corchorus olitorius
• Corchorus olitorius
• Sparmannia africana

Subfamily Malvoideae

• Lagunaria patersonii

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae

• Gossypium arboreum
• Gossypium barbadense
• Thespesia populnea

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae

• Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury'
• Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cv. (yellow)
• Hibiscus tiliaceus

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae

• Abutilon hybridum
• Goethea strictiflora
• Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus

Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae

• Brachychiton cf. discolor
• Cola acuminata

• Query IPNI
• Common Name: Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree
• Family: Malvaceae Juss.

• Country of Origin: Africa, South America, tropical Asia
• Habitat:

• Description: A large deciduous tree of African origin, it is the tallest tree found on that continent. It is known for the cotton-like fiber around the seeds which is used for flotation devices. Young leaves are cooked and eaten.

  Tree to 150' or more, branches widely spreading, spiny trunk (prickles) often to 9 feet in diameter, with thin buttresses sometimes extending 30 feet; leaflets 5-7, oblong-lanceolate, to 6 inches long, entire; flowers usually opening before the leaves appear, calyx 4-5 lobed, to 1/2" long, petals yellowish, rose or white, oblong-obovate, to 1 3/8" long, tomentose outside; capsule ellisoid to fusiform, 4-10 inches long.

  Cultivated for kapok, produced mainly in Ceylon, Java and the Phillipine Islands.