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Ceiba petandra (L.)

Ceiba pentandra or "Kapok" (also called as "Java cotton", "Java kapok", "Silk cotton" or "ceiba") is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae.

 

It is native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and tropical west Africa.

 

It is known in Brazil as "mafumeira", "sumauma" or "algodoeiro".

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Uploaded on August 7, 2011
Taken on April 18, 2011