WorldFloraDB - Ceiba speciosa

Characteristics

A tree. The trunk is bottle shaped. It has thick cone shaped prickles. The young trees have a green trunk. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are made up of 5-7 long leaflets. The flowers are creamy white and pink towards the tip of the petals. There are 5 petals. The fruit are woody pods 20 cm long. The seeds are black and bean sized. They have fibrous silk or cotton around them.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

2.5

Mature height (meter)

10.0 - 15.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry, semi-deciduous, broadleaved forests, being found in both dense primary formations and secondary forest. The best trees are found growing on the fertile soils of alluvial plains and valley bottoms.

More

It is a tropical plant. It can resist drought. It can tolerate some cold. In Argentina it grows below 700 m above sea level.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use fiber material medicinal wood
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	-
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Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
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