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Ceiba

5026.000 Ceiba Mill.

CHORISIA Kunth

Description of the genus

Trees, often with swollen bottle-shaped trunks, these often spiny and coloured green. Worldwide: 11 species in tropical America, one extending to Africa.

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Species	Content
insignis (Kunth) P.E. Gibbs & Semir	Description, Image
pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna	Image

Other sources of information about Ceiba:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ceiba
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ceiba
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ceiba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceiba
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ceiba

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