Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Malvaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - A tree, reaching a maximum height of 60 m. or more, the trunk above the often immense buttress sometimes 3 m. in diameter. Petioles slender, glabrous, 5-15 cm. long; leaflets 5-7, stalked, or nearly sessile, glabrous, entire or serrate, oblong to oblaneeolate, 8-15 cm. long, mostly acute or acuminate at the apex and narrowed at the base; flowers in many axillary clusters, often appearing before the leaves; pedicels 4-6 cm. long; calyx obconic, about 1.5 cm. long; petals about 3 cm. long, about as long as the stamens; stigma capitate; capsule oblong, woody, 8-12 cm. long.
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Distribution
Waste-lands, spontaneous after cultivation, New Providence, near Nassau; planted for shade and for ornament : Cuba to St. Jan and Barbadoes ; northern South America ; Old World tropics. Silk-cottux Ti;i:k.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| St. Jan Virgin Islands South America| Barbados South America|