Bombax ceiba L.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Bombax ceiba L.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 9561, Mar 1908

  • Location

    Philippines. Negros Oriental. Dumaguete City. Cuernos Mts, Island of Negros.

  • Description

    "Calumpañg", Flowers 3 inches long, 6 inches wide from tip to tip of petals which are strongly recurved, fleshy, light blood red; calyx rigid, green, early perishing; stamens numerous, pale yellow, erect, grouped into 5 clusters at the base (the inner ones of each cluster closely encircling the pistil; anthers dark purplish brown when old; style reddish, terminated by 5 recurved stigma segments.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4338146

    Occurrence ID: e65d9031-c234-48a6-b1ec-89b7de5cd721

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bombax ceiba L.

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Negros Oriental

  • County/Municipio

    Dumaguete City

  • Locality

    Cuernos Mts, Island of Negros

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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9561* Bombax ceiba linn* "Qalumpafig;" flowers $
inches long, 6 lnohes wide from tip to tip of petals which
are strongly recurred, fleshy, light fclood red; calyx rigid,
green, early perishing; stamens numerous, pale yellow,
erect, grouped into 5 clusters at the base fthe inner toma
of eaeh cluster closely encircling the piatili anthers
dark purplish fctowa when eld-style reddish, tep^ihated fcy
, ,**?,« .u«~	NOTEá
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
distributed by a. d. e. elmer
DUMAGUETE (CUERNOS MTS.), PROVINCE OF
ISLAND OF NEGROS,
04338146