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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.
Particularly as sap wood borer, the female lays about 40–50 eggs in the live tissues or in the crevices of the bark at the collar region. Grubs then bore into the fresh tissues of the bark and gradually move through the sap wood by making tunnels. Finally they reach roots. Grubs feed the internal tissues for about 3–6 months. [8]
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.
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 .
Bombax ceiba, a red-flowering tree, native to parts of tropical Asia, northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands; previously also known as Bombax malabaricum, the 'Malabar kapok' Ceiba pentandra, a native tree of the tropical Americas and West Africa with white flowers, cultivated particularly in south-east Asia for its seed fibre
It is distinguished from the genus Ceiba, which has whiter flowers. Common names for the genus include silk cotton tree , simal , red cotton tree , kapok , and simply bombax . Currently four species are recognised, although many plants have been placed in the genus that were later moved.
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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