MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Helicteroideae
Tribe Durioneae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
- Common Name: Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Africa, South America, tropical Asia
- Habitat:
- Description: A large deciduous tree of African origin, it is the tallest tree found on that continent. It is known for the cotton-like fiber around the seeds which is used for flotation devices. Young leaves are cooked and eaten.
Tree to 150' or more, branches widely spreading, spiny trunk (prickles) often to 9 feet in diameter, with thin buttresses sometimes extending 30 feet; leaflets 5-7, oblong-lanceolate, to 6 inches long, entire; flowers usually opening before the leaves appear, calyx 4-5 lobed, to 1/2" long, petals yellowish, rose or white, oblong-obovate, to 1 3/8" long, tomentose outside; capsule ellisoid to fusiform, 4-10 inches long. Cultivated for kapok, produced mainly in Ceylon, Java and the Phillipine Islands.
- Uses: MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, wounds, ulcers, skin diseases, hemorrhoids, urinary calculus, cystitis, inflammations, cough, bronchitis and dark discolorations on face.
Useful part : Resin, Leaves, Bark, Thorns. from Aryuvedicmedicinalplants.com
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 198500310
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1108 - AFR:African Savannah B
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-19-2013
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
- SubTribe:
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