White Silk-Cotton tree

Common name: 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)

 

Botanical name: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

- [ (SAY-buh) latinized form of the South American name for this tree; (pen-TAN-druh) five stamens ]

Synonyms: Bombax guineensis Schum. & Thonn. • Bombax occidentale Spreng. • Bombax orientale Spreng. • Bombax pentandrum L. • Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev. • Ceiba guineensis (Schum. & Thonn.) A. Chev. • Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill • Ceiba thonningii A. Chev. • Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. • Eriodendron caribaeum G. Don • Eriodendron guineense G. Don & Thonn. • Eriodendron orientale Kostel • Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz • Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze

Family: Bombacaceae (baobab family)

 

Origin: Tropical America

 

 

Except for a few letters, .... A - Z .... must say "well-known tree" !!

 

Albero del kapok, araba, arbol capoc, arbol de la seda, arbol de seda, arbre à kapok, arbre coton, arbre de dieu, arbre kapok, arvore-da-lã, arvore-da-seda, Balios, bàna, bànan, barriguda, barriguda de espinho, basanglai, baumwollbaum, boboi, boi-boi, bois coton, bokum, bokuma, bông gòn, bonga, bosengo, bouma, buboi, bubuy, bulak, bulak-kastila, bulak dondol, bulak kahoi, bulak sina, Capoc, capoquero, capoquier, ceba, ceiba, ceiba blanca, ceiba de lana, ceiba de lana, ceiba juca, ceiba yuca, ceibo, ceibo jabillo, copal, cotonnier de l'inde, cotton tree, cottonwood, Daldol, daun randu, dogdol, doldol, dondol, doum, Egun, elavam, Faux cotonnier, fromager, fuma, Gapas, gataova, god tree, hoja de yuca, Huimba, Ilavu, ilavum, illavam panju, imbul, Java cotton, ji bei 吉贝, ji bei mian 吉貝棉 , ji bei mu mian 吉貝木棉 , Kabuk abu, kakabu, kakantrie, kankantri, kap, kapak, kapas, kapas-sanglai, kapoc, kapok, Kαπόκ, kapok tree, kapokbaum, kapokbaum, kapokboom, kapokier, kapokier de java, kapokkipuu, kapokku カポック, kapoktræ, kapuk, kapuk randu, kasanglai, katan, kayo, kiwata kapokku キワタカポック , kokuiyu, koo, kor, kottapulung, kulak, Mafuma, mafumeira, mai-das-arvores, mbuyu, mengkapas, mofumo, mosmote, msufi, Nfuma, Ngao ง้าว, Ngio noi งิ้วน้อย, Ngio sai งิ้วสาย, Ngio soi งิ้วสร้อย, Nguiz baanz, Nkouma, Nun นุ่น Oca', odouma, ogouma, ogungun, Pacae, paina, paina lisa, paineira, pancu, panji, panjirnaram, panji tannaku பஞ்சித்தணக்கு, panjumaram, peem, pianta del kapok, pochota, pochote, pohon kapok, pohon randu, poilão, poilao da sumauma, poilao forro, polão, pulung, pulunimbal, Riimaayee, riimii, rum, Safed savara, safed semul, safed simal, safed simul, safeta savara, samaúma-cabeluda, samaúma-lisa, samaúna da várzea, sambal, sanglai, schwetsimul, seiba, setsimul, shajaret al kutun, shalmali ல்மலி, shweta shalmali, silk-cotton tree, silk cotton tree, silkebomuldstræ, sumauma, sumaúma, sumaúma-barriguda, sumaúma-branca, sumaúma-da-várzea, sumaúma-de-macaco, sumaúma-rosada, sumaúma-verdadeira, sumauma da mata, sumauma da varzea, sumauma de terra firme, sumaumeira, Tella buruga, thinbawle, toborochi, true kapok tree, Ulagamaram, Vavae, vavau ni lokoloko, White silk-cotton tree, white silk cotton tree, wollbaum, Yaxché, yuca, Zhua wa mu mian 爪哇木棉

 

 

Ceiba is also the national tree of both Guatemala and Puerto Rico.

 

 

Courtesy:

- Dave's Garden

- Zipcode Zoo

- EcoPort

- Mytho-Fleurs

- Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database

 

Note: Identification or description may not be accurate; it is subject to your review.

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