The tree grows to 240 ft (73 m) as confirmed by climbing and tape dropThe buttress roots can be clearly seen in photographs extending 12 to 15 m (40 to 50 ft) up the trunk of some specimensThe trunk and many of the larger branches are often crowded with large simple The trees produce several hundred 15 cm (6 in) pods containing seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fibre that is a mix of The referenced reports make it clear that C. pentandra is among the largest trees in the world. Good for parks. Type: Tree It is now common in many areas of the tropics around the world. Water needs vary during the year. Native tribes along the Amazon River harvest the fibre to wrap around their According to the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago, the Castle of the Devil is a huge Most masks coming from Burkina Faso, especially those of Bobo and Mossi people, are carved from David G. Campbell, LAND OF GHOSTS (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2005) p. 129.Dr. Family: Malvaceae
Trees appreciate abundant moisture during their vegetative period, but prefer much less moisture in winter during the dry season (December – February in southern Florida) when trees have lost most of their leaves or are deciduous. The trunk is buttressed and large simple thorns, similar to that of on many of the larger branches, are found on it. Native Range: South America, Africa Al C. Carder, FOREST GIANTS OF THE WORLD (Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1995) p. 145 (Photo plate 123 with caption).Peter A. Furley D. Phil. Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var guineensis) to tropical west Africa.
Propagate from seed or cuttings.This tree is native to tropical America from Mexico south through Central America and the northern parts of South America to the Amazon basin. Measured by Prof. Robert van Pelt in 2003. Capsules split open when ripe to release the silky seeds which are easily distributed by wind.This tree is too large for most residential landscapes. Palmate compound leaves have 5-9 leaflets (each 3-7” long) with all leaflets extending outward from a single point at the base of the leaf. Shade tree in southern Florida and Hawaii.The Garden wouldn't be the Garden without our Members, Donors and Volunteers. Bloom Time: February to March The Ceiba tree seed is used to extract … Flowers have bell-shaped calyces with five shallow lobes, five pubescent, oblong to spatulate petals, and 5 stamens fused into a tube. It probably was introduced into Africa many years ago, one theory being that unopened seed pods, which do not sink in water, floated from eastern Latin America to Africa. Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree. They are pollinated by bats. Each tree may produce up to 4,000 fruits each season, which amounts to a lot of kapok (800,000 seeds per tree per season). It is fast growing and reaches up to 70 m in height and 3 m in trunk diameter. Trunk diameter on average size trees will reach 6’ at maturity, but may extend to as much as 9’ or more on large trees.
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 10-12. The 5 petals are also partially fused at the base, to form a trumpet-shaped corolla.
A somewhat smaller variety is found throughout southern Asia and the East Indies. Flowers typically begin blooming in February near the end of the dry season, followed by fruiting. Flowers: The flowers are bisexual, 4cm wide, creamy white and have a milky fragrance. Massive, straight, often spiny trunks on mature trees have wide spreading buttresses at the base.