Checklist: Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae

MALVACEAE SUBFAMILY BOMBACOIDEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

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 Ceiba insignis

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  
Wild, H. (1961) Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)   
 
Names
 
5023.000 ADANSONIA L.
Adansonia digitata L.
Adansonia fony Baill.
var. rubrostipa (Jum. & H. Perrier) H. Perrier
Adansonia rubrostipa Jum. & H. Perrier
Adansonia grandidieri Baill.
 
5024.000 BOMBAX L.
Bombax ceiba L.
Bombax malabaricum DC.
Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott. & Endl.
 
5024.020 PACHIRA Aubl.
Pachira glabra Pasq.
Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns
Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) Robyns
Bombax oleaginum (Decne.) Robyns
Pachira oleaginea Decne.
Pochota glabra (Pasq.) Bullock
 
5024.050 PSEUDOBOMBAX Dugand
Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand
Bombax ellipticum Kunth
 
5026.000 CEIBA Mill.
CHORISIA Kunth  
Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E. Gibbs & Semir
Chorisia insignis Kunth
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Bombax pentandrum L.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.
Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna
Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.
Eragrostis interrupta var. diarrhena (Schult.) Stapf ex Hook.f.
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=35, retrieved 5 December 2025

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