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Ceiba
Ceiba is a genus of trees in the Malvaceace family, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa. Some species can grow to 70 m (230 ft) tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress roots that can be taller than a grown person. The best-known, and most widely cultivated, species is Kapok, Ceiba pentandra,...
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Kapok Tree
speciesCeiba pentandra
Ceiba insignis
complexCeiba insignis
Pochote
speciesCeiba aesculifolia
Ceiba trischistandra
speciesCeiba trischistandra
Ceiba schottii
speciesCeiba schottii
Ceiba samauma
speciesCeiba samauma
Ceiba jasminodora
speciesCeiba jasminodora
Ceiba guarani
speciesCeiba guarani
Ceiba salmonea
speciesCeiba salmonea
Ceiba soluta
speciesCeiba soluta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62819.