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Ceiba

5026.000 Ceiba Mill.

CHORISIA Kunth

Description of the genus

Trees, often with swollen bottle-shaped trunks, these often spiny and coloured green. Worldwide: 11 species in tropical America, one extending to Africa. Malawi: 2 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
pentandra (L.) Gaertn.	Description, Image
speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna	Image

Other sources of information about Ceiba:

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Flora of Burundi: Ceiba
Flora of Malawi: Ceiba
Flora of Mozambique: Ceiba
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Ceiba
Flora of Zambia: Ceiba
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ceiba
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ceiba

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ceiba
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ceiba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ceiba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ceiba
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ceiba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ceiba
JSTOR Plant Science: Ceiba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ceiba
Plants of the World Online: Ceiba
Tropicos: Ceiba
Wikipedia: Ceiba

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