Ceiba Casearia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Ceiba Casearia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ceiba Casearia, Medic. (C. pentandra, Gaertn. Bombax pentandrum, Linn. B. guineense, Schum. & Thoun. Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC. E. occidentale, Don. E. orientale, Kostel. Xylon pentandrum, O. Kunze.). Silk-cotton Tree. Ceiba. Pochote. Figs. 852, 853. Great tree, reaching 100 ft. and more, and having immense horizontal far-spreading branches and wide-flung thin buttresses or flanges: trunk spiny when young; branches verticillate: lfts. 7, arising from a nearly circular plate or disk at the top of the petiole, lanceolate-acuminate, undulate, smooth, each 4-6 in. long: fls. white or rose, the corolla 2-3 in. long; petals oblong-obtuse, hairy outside: caps. 4-8 in. long, 5-valved, bearing many woolly seeds. Tropics of Asia, Afr., and Amer. B.M. 3360.—One of the characteristic and well-known trees of tropical countries. The wings of some of the old trees run far in all directions, sometimes being prominent 30 ft. or more; note the picture (Fig. 852) of the well-known tree at Nassau on the island of New Providence. The wood is used to some extent in interior construction, but is soft, white and brittle. The cotton-like material in the pods is used in beds and pillows and for stuffinglife-buoys,butit cannot be spun into threads; it is the "kapok" of commerce. Offered in S. Calif, and Fla., as a tree of rapid growth. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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