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Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/29/2013)

Species	CEIBA PENTANDRA (L.) Gaertn.
PlaceOfPublication	Fruct. Sem. 2: 244, t.133. 1791.
Synonym	Bombax pentandrum L., Sp. P1. 511. 1753. Ceiba casearia Medic., Malv.-Fam. 16. 1787. Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. var. ox indicum DC., Prodr. 1: 479. 1824. Eriodendron anfractuosum var. ( caribaeum DC., loc. cit. 479. 1824. Eriodendron anfractuosum var. y africanum DC., loc. cit. 479. 1824. Bombax orientale Spreng. in L., Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 3: 124. 1826. Bombax occidentale Spreng. in L., loc. cit. 124. 1826. Gossampinus alba Ham., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126. 1826. Bombax guineense Thonning in Schumacher, Kong. Danske Vid. Selskabs Nat. Math. Afhandl. 4: 76. 1829. Eriodendron guineense (Thonning) G. Don ex Loud., Hort. Brit. 292. 1830. This content downloaded on Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:26:56 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions1964] FLORA OF PANAMA (Family 116. Bomnbacaceae) 49 Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G. Don ex Loud., loc. cit. 292. 1830. Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. Gard. Bot. 1: 513. 1831. Gossampinus Rumphii Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 35. 1832. Eriodendron orientate (Spreng.) Kostel., Algem. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1875. 1836. Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz, jour. As. Soc. Bengal 43: 113. 1874. Xylon pentandrum (L.) 0. Ktze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 75. 1891. Ceiba pentandra var. clausa Ulbr. f. albolana Ulbr., Notizbl. K. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berlin 6: 30. 1913. Ceiba pentandra var. clausa f. grisea Ulbr., loc. cit. 30. 1913. Ceiba pentandra var. dehiscens Ulbr. f. albolana Ulbr., loc. cit. 31. 1913. Ceiba pentandra var. dehiscens f. grisea Ulbr., loc. cit. 31. 1913. Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) Maza in Maza & Roig, Fl. Cuba 66. 1914. Ceiba pentandra var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh., Bul. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 6: 196. 1924. Ceiba pentandra var. indica (DC.) Bakh., loc. cit. 196. 1924. Ceiba Thonningii A. Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agr. Trop. 17: 249. 1937. Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A. Chev. var. ampla A. Chev., loc. cit. 262. 1937. Ceiba guineensis var. clausa (Ulbr.) A. Chev., loc. cit. 264. 1937. Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev., loc. cit. 266. 1937.
Description	Tree up to 40 m. high, the trunk cylindric, often with strong buttresses, 0.8-2 m. in diam., aculeate; or not, the crown spherical to pyramidal, the branches usually aculeate, the bark smooth and fibrous. Leaves 5- to 9-foliolate, glabrous, the petiole 5-23 cm. long; leaflets with a petiolule 0.5-1.2 cm. long, the blade oblong-lanceolate, slightly narrowed at the base, acuminate at the apex, 10-21 cm. long and 2.3-4.2 cm. wide, the margins sometimes denticulate near the apex. Inflorescences fasciculate, few- to many-flowered. Flowers 2.5-4 cm. long, the pedicel 2.5-3 cm. long, glabrous; calyx campanulate, 4- to 5-lobate and with more or less rounded lobes, 1-1.2 cm. long and 0.9-1.2 cm. wide, glabrous outside, silky-villous inside; petals obovate- oblong, rounded, 2.5-4 cm. long and 1-1.5 cm. wide, light yellow, villous to tomen- tose outside except the base, pubescent near the apex inside; staminal column con- ical, 5-5.5 mm. long, glabrous, the filaments ca. 2.5 cm. long, each bearing 2-3 anfractuose anthers, the anthers 1-thecate; ovary slightly subinferior, globose, glabrous; style filiform at the base, suddenly obliquely enlarged above the staminal column, slightly longer than the stamens; stigma capitate. Capsule subligneous, ellipsoid or fusiform, acute at both ends, 10-26 cm. long and 3-4 cm. in diam., dehiscent or not on the tree, the valves ca. 2 cm. wide; seeds numerous, subglobose, 5.5-7 mm. long and 4.4-5.5 mm. wide; kapok copious, grayish.
Habit	Tree
Distribution	A pantropical, polymorphic tree growing chiefly in secondary forests, often cultivated and naturalized
Note	the inner walls of the capsules bear the kapok which is used for stuffing pillows, mattresses, etc.; the seeds are oleaginous and used for illumination and soapmaking; the wood is light and sometimes used to make canoes.
Specimen	CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Carpenter 33, 40. CHIRIQUi: Progresso, Cooper & Slater 216.

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