Accession Data
Ceiba speciosa
Common Name: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil
Family: Malvaceae
Country of Origin: Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
Uses: The seedpod silk has been used to stuff cushions
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession #: 200500018
Accession Date: 2005-04-07 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1312
Quantity: 1
Source: Joan Leonard - Ohio State
Provenance: 2004 AERGC Plant Swap - seed from Matt Ritter, Cal Poly
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid II
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
SubFamily: Bombacoideae
Tribe: Adansonieae
References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
- Floridata website
- Ceiba speciosa at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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