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Bombax pentandrum

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Identification
Bombax pentandrum L. [family BOMBACACEAE ] (stored under name); Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. [family BOMBACACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bombax salmala
  • Ceiba aesculifolia
  • Ceiba pentandra
  • Bombax pentandrum
  • Bombax malabaricum
  • Bombax heptaphyllum
  • Bombax ceiba

Flora

Entry for Ceiba pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn. [family BOMBACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Ceiba pentandra (Linn.) Gaertn. [family BOMBACACEAE], Fruct. 2: 244, t. 133, fig. 1 (1791); Bakhuizen in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz., sér. 3, 6: 194 (q.v. for synonymy); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 228, t. 216; Fl. For.Soud.-Guin. 169.
Bombax pentandrum Linn. [family BOMBACACEAE], (1753)
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. [family BOMBACACEAE], — F.T.A1: 214; ChevBot74
Ceiba thonningii A. Chev. [family BOMBACACEAE], in RevBotAppliq17: 249 (1937)
Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A. Chev. [family BOMBACACEAE], l.c. 261 (1937), inclvars
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev. [family BOMBACACEAE], l.c. 266 (1937).
Information
A tree, up to 200 ft. high, inforest and planted by villages; trunk with large buttresses; branches in different forms without prickles or with obtuse or acutely pointed stout prickles, generally prickly in the young state; flowers white, appearing either when the whole tree is bare or on leafless branches; fruits in some forms bursting on the tree, in others often falling; floss white or grey.
Habitat
forest and planted by villages
Range
Probably of ancient introduction in Africa; distributed throughout the tropics; the genus is native in tropical America
Distribution
Sen. Sedhiou, Casamance Chev. 3068.Fr. Sud. Koubita (Feb.)Port. G. Bissalanca (Feb.) Esp. Santo 1730!S. L. Afzelius! Batkanu (Jan.) Deighton 3615!Iv. C. fide Aubrév. l.c.G. C. Accra Plains (Jan.–Feb.) Irvine 1832! Krepe Plains (Jan.) Johnson 550! Ejura Vigne FH 3469!Togo Sokodé-Basari (Jan.) Kersting A. 709! 710! Kete Kratchi (Jan.) Vigne FH 1539!Dah. fide Chev. l.c.N. Nig. various localities fide Keay.S. Nig. Unwin 21! Foster 372!

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