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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).
The Ceiba continues to be commercialized in Asia, especially in Java, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Ceiba pentandra is the central theme in the book titled, The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Ceiba insignis and Ceiba speciosa are added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
prickles on stems (Rosa, Erythrina and Ceiba speciosa), urticating (i.e. stinging) hairs, bristles, and; finely barbed spines called glochids. Some thorns are hollow and act as myrmecodomatia; others (e.g. in Crataegus monogyna) bear leaves. The thorns of many species are branched (e.g. in Crataegus crus-galli and Carissa macrocarpa).
Chaenomeles speciosa: common flowering quince Rosaceae (rose family) Cotoneaster: cotoneasters; Cotoneaster frigidus: tree cotoneaster Rosaceae (rose family) Crataegus: hawthorns; Crataegus aestivalis: may haw; may hawthorn Rosaceae (rose family) Crataegus calpodendron: pear hawthorn Rosaceae (rose family) Crataegus × canescens: Stern's medlar
Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree. More specifically, it is sometimes known as Malabar silk-cotton tree ; red silk-cotton ; red cotton tree ; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok , [ 3 ] both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra .
Ceiba speciosa, native to South America; Ceiba ventricosa, native to Brazil; Iriartea ventricosa This page was last edited on 29 ...
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously emplaced in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis) West Africa.
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.