Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna
sect. Ceiba
- Common Name: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Uses: The seedpod silk has been used to stuff cushions
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200500018
- Source: Joan Leonard - Ohio State
- Provenance: 2004 AERGC Plant Swap - seed from Matt Ritter, Cal Poly
- Accession Date: 04-07-2005
- Bench: 1312 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NE
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
- Floridata website
- Ceiba speciosa at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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