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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 is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Argentina) and tropical West Africa. [3] Some species can grow to 70 m (230 ft) tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress ...
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.
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
Xtabay is said to loiter at the foot of the sacred ceiba tree to lure men to their doom. The ceiba tree is a sacred tree of the Mayan people since the belief was that a virtuous person could become a ceiba tree after death. [4] The ceiba tree is considered to be an embodiment of the Axis mundi, connecting heaven, earth and underworld. [4]
A kapok fibre is a thin-walled hollow tube with a diameter of about 15 to 35 μm (0.59 to 1.38 mils) and wall thickness about 1 to 2 μm (0.039 to 0.079 mils), filled with up to 80% air by volume, giving it a density of about 1 ⁄ 8 that of cotton fibre. [2] The fibres are not known to cause allergic reactions and are comfortable to wear. [4]
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