Details for: PI 31393, Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Kapok

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Top Name:

Kapok

Origin:

Collected – Jawa, Indonesia

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

11 Jul 1911

PI Assigned:

1911

Inventory Volume:

28
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Top Name:

Kapok

Origin:

Collected – Jawa, Indonesia

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

11 Jul 1911

PI Assigned:

1911

Source History

Collected

Jawa, Indonesia

Collector(s):

Director of Agriculture - Java

Accession Names and Identifiers

Kapok

Type: Local name

Narrative

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Genus:

Ceiba

Family:

Malvaceae

Subfamily:

Bombacoideae

Nomen number:

9703

Place of publication:

Fruct. sem. pl. 2:244. 1791

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208233

Verified:

10/06/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Bombax pentandrum L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	kapok	1	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English	kapoktree	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	silk cottontree	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	white silk cottontree	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
French	capoc	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	fromager	2	Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
French	kapokier	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kapokbaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	weißer Kapokbaum	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1286.
Portuguese (Brazil)	samauma	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	samauma-da-várzea	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	árbol capoc	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ceiba	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pochote	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedish	kapok	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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