<p><b>Common name</b>: White Silk Cotton Tree, True Kapok Tree, {Schwetsimul, Setsimul (Bengali)} {Safed Semul सफेद सेमुल, Safed savara सफेद सावरा (Hindi)}, Safeta savara सफेत सावरा (Marathi), Shweta shalmali श्वेत शालमली (Sanskrit), {Panji tannaku பஞ்சித்தணக்கு, Shalmali ல்மலி (Tamil)}, Tella buruga (Telugu), Sambal (Urdu)
</p><p><b>Botanical name</b>: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/tags/Ceibapentandra/">Ceiba pentandra</a></i> (L.) Gaertn.
- [ (SAY-buh) latinized form of the South American name for this tree; (pen-TAN-druh) five stamens ]
<b>Synonyms</b>: <i>Bombax guineensis</i> Schum. &amp; Thonn. • <i>Bombax occidentale</i> Spreng. • <i>Bombax orientale</i> Spreng. • <i>Bombax pentandrum</i> L. • <i>Ceiba caribaea</i> (DC.) A. Chev. • <i>Ceiba guineensis</i> (Schum. &amp; Thonn.) A. Chev. • <i>Ceiba occidentalis</i> (Spreng.) Burkill • <i>Ceiba thonningii</i> A. Chev. • <i>Eriodendron anfractuosum</i> DC. • <i>Eriodendron caribaeum</i> G. Don • <i>Eriodendron guineense</i> G. Don &amp; Thonn. • <i>Eriodendron orientale</i> Kostel • <i>Eriodendron pentandrum</i> (L.) Kurz • <i>Xylon pentandrum</i> (L.) Kuntze
<b>Family</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/tags/Bombacaceae/">Bombacaceae</a> (baobab family)
</p><p><b>Origin</b>: Tropical America
</p><p>Kapok (<i>Ceiba pentandra</i>) 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 <i>C. pentandra</i> var. <i>guineensis</i>) to tropical west Africa.
</p><p>The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba. It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.
</p><p><b>Ceiba is also the national tree of both Guatemala and Puerto Rico.</b>
</p><p><b>Courtesy</b>:
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53514/index.html">Dave's Garden</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zipcodezoo.com/plants/c/ceiba_pentandra.asp">Zipcode Zoo</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=658&amp;entityType=PL****&amp;entityDisplayCategory=Common_Names">EcoPort</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mytho-fleurs.com/images/Fleurs_du_Vietnam/fleurs_du_Vietnam_2/Ceiba_pentandra.jpg">Mytho-Fleurs</a>
- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Ceiba.html">Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database</a>
- <b><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapok">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></b>
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<b>Note</b>: Identification or description may not be accurate; it is subject to your review.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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