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Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America.It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or árbol del puente, samu'ũ (in Guarani), or paineira (in Brazilian Portuguese).
Ceiba insignis (syn. Chorisia insignis), the white floss-silk tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to dry tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has found use as a street tree in scattered cities around the world.
Ceiba chodatii, the floss silk tree, is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has a bottle-shaped swollen trunk in which water is stored for the dry season and is known locally as palo borracho .
The tree is briefly deciduous, and it is during this leafless period that it blooms with umbels of large flowers ranging from creme de menthe to red in color. [17] After blooming, the trees produce several hundred 15 cm (6 in) pods containing seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fibre that is a mix of lignin and cellulose .
rosea (pink silk tree) which has, in the past, been classed either as a variety or as a cultivar. This is a smaller tree, only growing to 5–7 metres (16–23 ft) tall, with the flowers always pink. This is a smaller tree, only growing to 5–7 metres (16–23 ft) tall, with the flowers always pink.
Cup-shaped flowers solitary or clustered, axillary or sub-terminal, fascicles at or near the ends of the branches, when the tree is bare of leaves, an average of 7–11 centimetres (2 + 5 ⁄ 6 – 4 + 1 ⁄ 3 in) wide, 14 centimetres (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in width, petals up to 12 centimetres (4 + 2 ⁄ 3 in) in length, calyx is cup-shaped usually ...
Bombax is a genus of mainly tropical trees in the mallow family. They are native to western Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the subtropical regions of East Asia and northern Australia. It is distinguished from the genus Ceiba, which has whiter flowers.
Albizia: silk trees and false acacias; Albizia julibrissin: silk tree; Persian silk tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) 345 Albizia lebbeck: lebbeck; woman's tongue Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Albizia saman: saman; rain tree; monkeypod Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Bauhinia: orchid trees; Bauhinia purpurea: purple orchid tree
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