Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna

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Ceiba speciosa

Photo: Michelle Harvey-Hyde
Carpark of Harry Margolis Hall, Harare

Ceiba speciosa

Photo: Michelle Harvey-Hyde
Carpark of Harry Margolis Hall, Harare

Ceiba speciosa

Photo: Michelle Harvey-Hyde
Carpark of Harry Margolis Hall, Harare

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Synonyms: Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.
Eragrostis interrupta var. diarrhena (Schult.) Stapf ex Hook.f.
Common names: Brazil Kapok (English) Silk floss tree (English)
Description:
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: speciosa: showy, good-looking
Flowering time:Jan - Mar
Worldwide distribution: Native to the north-east of Argentina, east of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil; commonly planted in subtropical and tropical countries.
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Literature:

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976). Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York Page 266.

Other sources of information about Ceiba speciosa:

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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Ceiba speciosa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ceiba speciosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ceiba speciosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ceiba speciosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ceiba speciosa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ceiba speciosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceiba speciosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Ceiba speciosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ceiba speciosa
Plants of the World Online: Ceiba speciosa
Tropicos: Ceiba speciosa
Wikipedia: Ceiba speciosa


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Ceiba speciosa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=162260, retrieved 29 March 2024

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