Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
synonym | Bombax aculeatum L. |
synonym | Bombax cumanense Kunth |
synonym | Bombax guineensis Schum. & Thonn. |
synonym | Bombax mompoxense Kunth |
synonym | Bombax occidentale Spreng. |
synonym | Bombax orientale Spreng. |
synonym | Bombax pentandrum L. |
synonym | Bombax plumosum Noronha |
synonym | Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) Maza |
synonym | Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Cheval. |
synonym | Ceiba casearia Medic. |
synonym | Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A.Cheval. |
synonym | Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill |
synonym | Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Urb. |
synonym | Ceiba pentandra f. grisea Urb. |
synonym | Ceiba pentandra var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh. |
synonym | Ceiba pentandra var. indica (DC.) Bakh. |
synonym | Ceiba thonningii A.Chev. |
synonym | Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. |
synonym | Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeum DC. |
synonym | Eriodendron anfractuosum var. guianense Sagot |
synonym | Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don |
synonym | Eriodendron guineense G.Don |
synonym | Eriodendron occidentale G. Don |
synonym | Eriodendron orientale Kostel. |
synonym | Eriodendron pentandrum Kurz |
synonym | Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham. |
synonym | Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl. |
synonym | Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Growth Form
Flower
In clusters at the ends of branchlets, white or whitish-yellow. Flowering January-April.
Fruit
An ellipsoid to fusiform capsule, indehiscent, valves with silky fibres; seeds numerous, subglobose, enveloped in silky cotton.
Field tips
Stem prickly when young, later smooth, green. Branchlets drooping. Tree leafless when flowering.
Leaf Arrangement
Whorled
Leaf Type
Digitate
Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate, elliptic or oblong
Leaf Apex
Subacute or acuminate
Leaf Base
Obtuse-cuneate
Leaf Margin
Entire
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Throughout; Tropics Of World
Indian Distribution
Bongaigaon, Sivasagar
Global Distribution
Throughout the tropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System of Medicines Used In
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=488 |
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The cotton is used for making pillows and cushions. The roots are stimulant tonic, diuretic, emetic and antispasmodic, they have hypoglycaemic effect and are useful in diabetes, dysentery and gonorrhoea.
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- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=488
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Gamble, 1957, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2. Nat. Hist. 43: 113. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 100(72). 1915.
- Eriodendron anfractuosum DC., Prodr. 1: 479. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 350. 1874.
- Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. var. indica (DC.) Bakh. f., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser.3, 6: 195. 1924.
- Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 244,t.133. 1791; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 50. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 93. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 67. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 80. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 77. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 87. 1990; M.P. Nayar & Biswas in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 400. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 38. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 65. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 97. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 41. 1997; S.K. Srivastava & K. Vivek. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 446. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 135. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 160. 2009.
- Bombax pentandrum L., Sp. Pl. 511. 1753.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=488
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Gamble, 1957, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2. Nat. Hist. 43: 113. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 100(72). 1915.
- Eriodendron anfractuosum DC., Prodr. 1: 479. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 350. 1874.
- Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. var. indica (DC.) Bakh. f., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser.3, 6: 195. 1924.
- Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 244,t.133. 1791; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 50. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 93. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 67. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 80. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 77. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 87. 1990; M.P. Nayar & Biswas in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 400. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 38. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 65. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 97. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 41. 1997; S.K. Srivastava & K. Vivek. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 446. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 135. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 160. 2009.
- Bombax pentandrum L., Sp. Pl. 511. 1753.
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Ceiba |
Species | Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. |