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Kapok Tree
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Malvales »  family Malvaceae »  genus Ceiba - ceiba

Scientific synonyms

Bombax pentandrum L.
Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz
Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze
Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanum DC.
Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham.
Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Ulbr.
Ceiba guineensis var. ampla A.Chev.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.
Ceiba anfractuosa M.Gómez
Eriodendron caribaeum G. Don ex Loud.

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Other names

= Kapoktree

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IUCN category 2018-1:
Least Concern LC

Images

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Luboš Čáp

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Michael Kesl

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Luboš Čáp

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Luboš Čáp

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Luboš Čáp

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Luboš Čáp

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Petr Vobořil
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outer bark

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Mgr.Špačková Lucie

Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree

Author: Mgr.Špačková Lucie
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Intertaxon relationships

consumer: Physopleurus villardi (Lameere, 1902), Ancylonotus tribulus (Fabricius, 1775), Diastocera trifasciata (Fabricius, 1775), Neoplocaederus obesus (Gahan, 1890), Steirastoma histrionicum White, 1855, ...

consumer (larval stage only): Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)

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Links and literature

EN PLANTS Database [CEPE2]

PLANTS Database [http://plants.usda.gov]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [61782438]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.]
Data retrieved on: 2 August 2018
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019
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