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Kapok

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Kapok, scientifically Ceiba pentandra, is a tropical tree native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the northern half of South America, with some authors also considering it native to western and central Africa; it has been widely introduced elsewhere in the tropics, including South and Southeast Asia, where it is cultivated. The tree and the cotton-like fluff obtained from its seed pods are known in English as kapok, a Malay-derived name originally applied to the related Asian species Bombax ceiba, and it is called ceiba in Spanish-speaking countries and fromager in French-speaking ones. It is cultivated for its cotton-like seed fibre, particularly in southeast Asia, and is also known as Java cotton, Java kapok or silk-cotton.

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 1

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Trunk and many larger branches often crowded with large simple thorns 1

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 3

Scientific Name

Ceiba pentandra 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Kapok

In Biome

Tropical Dry Forest

Source Plants For A Future: Ceiba pentandra

Tropical Rainforest

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Ceiba pentandra

Lead, sentence 1
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae
Infobox: status
LC
Article body, sentence on trunk and branches
The trunk and many of the larger branches are often crowded with large simple thorns.
cultivated for its cottonlike seed fibre, particularly in south-east Asia
widely introduced in other tropical regions including South and Southeast Asia
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 285507
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously placed in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern half of South America; some authors also consider it native in western and central Africa.

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2. Ceiba pentandra (Wikipedia)

a tropical tree...native to Mexico, Central AmericaView the Source

3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12420

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"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: Kapok

Wikidata Q138617, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Malvaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67980

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"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":"Malvaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"锦葵科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Plants For A Future: Ceiba pentandra

Plants For A Future

In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitats
An emergent tree in various types of moist evergreen and deciduous forests, including those subject to seasonal inundation, as well as in dry forests and gallery forests ... As a pioneer species, it mostly occurs in secondary forests
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Habitats
An emergent tree in various types of moist evergreen and deciduous forests, including those subject to seasonal inundation, as well as in dry forests and gallery forests ... As a pioneer species, it mostly occurs in secondary forests

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