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Ceiba pentandra is the national emblem of Guatemala, [20] Puerto Rico, [28] and Equatorial Guinea. It appears on the coat of arms and flag of Equatorial Guinea. [29] The Cotton Tree was a landmark in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, and is considered a symbol of freedom for the former slaves that immigrated there. The 70-metre-tall trunk ...
Ceiba: Ceiba pentandra ... National emblem; Floral emblem; List of U.S. State and territory trees; References
The Cotton Tree is a kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) that is a historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone.The Cotton Tree gained importance in 1792 when a group of formerly enslaved African Americans, who had gained their freedom by fighting for the British during the American Revolutionary War, settled the site of modern Freetown.
The Ceiba tree is represented by a cross and serves as an important architectural motif in the Temple of the Cross Complex at Palenque. [7] Ceiba Tree Park is located in San Antón, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Its centerpiece is the historic Ceiba de Ponce, a 500-year-old Ceiba pentandra tree associated with the founding of the city.
Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone), a kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) that is an historic symbol of Freetown in Sierra Leone Bombax ceiba , a plant species commonly known as cotton tree Gossypium , the cotton plant, which can grow from a bush to a tree
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Francisco Oller's 1888 depiction of La ceiba de Ponce at Museo de Arte de Ponce. The feature of the park is the historic centuries-old tree. The tree is also known as 'kapok' and 'silk cotton' tree. The scientific name of the tree is Ceiba pentandra. The legendary tree belongs to the genus Ceiba, of the species pentandra, and the family ...
Ceiba (unofficial [b]) Ceiba pentandra [49] Rhode Island: Red maple: Acer rubrum: 1964 [50] South Carolina: Sabal palm: Sabal palmetto: 1939 [51] South Dakota: Black Hills spruce: Picea glauca var. densata: 1947 [52] Tennessee: Tulip-tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1947 [53] Texas: Pecan: Carya illinoinensis: 1919 [54] United States Virgin ...