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Ceiba pentandra (kapoktree; silk cotton tree)

Synonyms: Bombax pentandrum; Ceiba caribaea; Eriodendron anfractuosum

Wikipedia Abstract

Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa. Kapok is the most used common name for the tree and may also refer to the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, Silk cotton or ceiba.
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Attributes

Height [1]  49 feet (15.2 m)
Width [1]  44 feet (13.7 m)
Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Dense
Shade Percentage [1]  88 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Medium-Low
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Bloom Period [2]  Winter
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  1 year
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Janka Hardness [4]  240 lbf (109 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  24 inches (61 cm)
Seeds Per [2]  48722 / lb (107413 / kg)
Specific Gravity [4]  0.24
Structure [3]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Buenavista Wetland Reserve 778949 Cuba    
Carara National Park II 12983 Costa Rica  
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park 1606900 Cuba  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
Gombe National Park II 8799 Tanzania
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Reserva Karen Mogensen F. Nature Reserve 1866 Costa Rica  
Santa Rosa National Park II 95780 Costa Rica
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone   Peru        
Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve II 4859 Cuba  

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Puerto Rico

Predators

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (cyanophyllum scale)[5]
Amazona albifrons (White-fronted Parrot)[6]
Anomis leona[7]
Aonidiella orientalis (Oriental Scale)[5]
Arsenura armida (Giant Silk Moth)[7]
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)[8]
Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)[5]
Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey)[9]
Autoba versicolor[7]
Beara nubiferella[7]
Brotogeris jugularis (Orange-chinned Parakeet)[6]
Cebus apella (brown capuchin)[9]
Charaxes etesipe (Savannah Charaxes)[7]
Cheromettia apicata[7]
Cheromettia lohor[7]
Cheromettia sumatrensis[7]
Delococcus tafoensis[5]
Dysdaemonia boreas[7]
Ephyriades arcas[7]
Epomophorus gambianus (Gambian epauletted fruit bat)[10]
Eucalymnatus tessellatus (tessellated scale)[5]
Eulepidotis hebe[7]
Eulepidotis modestula[7]
Eumeta variegata[7]
Fiorinia fioriniae (European fiorinia scale)[5]
Formicococcus njalensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[5]
Hypolycaena erylus (Common Tit)[7]
Icerya aegyptiaca[5]
Leptonycteris curasoae (southern long-nosed bat)[11]
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[5]
Mahasena corbetti[7]
Marumba dyras[7]
Micropteropus pusillus (Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat)[12]
Mudaria cornifrons[7]
Mudaria variabilis[7]
Musonycteris harrisoni (banana bat)[13]
Neptis clinia (Southern Sullied Sailer)[7]
Olene mendosa[7]
Orgyia osseata[7]
Parasaissetia nigra (nigra scale)[14]
Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat)[15]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[5]
Planococcus lilacinus (citrus mealybug)[5]
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (mulberry scale)[14]
Pteroma pendula[7]
Pteropus tonganus (Pacific flying fox)[16]
Rastrococcus iceryoides[5]
Remelana jangala (Chocolate Royal)[7]
Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)[17]
Scopelodes unicolor[7]
Semophylax apicepuncta[7]
Stenoma decora[7]
Suana concolor[7]
Tonica niviferana[7]
Tonica terasella[7]
Vini kuhlii (Kuhl's Lorikeet)[18]
Zeuzera coffeae[7]
Ara macao (Scarlet Macaw)[19]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat)[20]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Hipposideros cyclops (cyclops roundleaf bat)[21]
Nycteris grandis (large slit-faced bat)[22]
Pteropus vampyrus (large flying fox)[23]
Vampyrum spectrum (spectral bat)[24]
Ara macao (Scarlet Macaw)[19]

Distribution

Caribbean;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., 27-Feb-2012, ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6FORAGING ECOLOGY OF PARROTS IN A MODIFIED LANDSCAPE: SEASONAL TRENDS AND INTRODUCED SPECIES, GREG D. MATUZAK, M. BERNADETTE BEZY, AND DONALD J. BRIGHTSMITH, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(2):353–365, 2008 ♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8Artibeus jamaicensis, Jorge Ortega and Iván Castro-Arellano, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 662, pp. 1–9 (2001) ♦ 9Animals of the Rainforest ♦ 10Epomophorus gambianus, Margaret C. Boulay and C. Brian Robbins, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 344, pp. 1-5 (1989) ♦ 11Population dynamics, reproduction, and diet of the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) in Jalisco, Mexico: implications for conservation, Kathryn E. Stoner, Karla A. O.-Salazar, Roxana C. R.-Fernández and Mauricio Quesada, Biodiversity and Conservation, Volume 12, Number 2, 357-373 (2003) ♦ 12Micropteropus pusillus, Noah T. Owen-Ashley and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 577, pp. 1-5 (1998) ♦ 13Musonycteris harrisoni, Guillermo Tellez and Jorge Ortega, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 622, pp. 1-3 (1999) ♦ 14Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 15Phyllostomus hastatus, Mery Santos, Luis F. Aguirre, Luis B. Vázquez, and Jorge Ortega, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 722, pp. 1–6 (2003) ♦ 16Pteropus tonganus, Carrie A. Miller and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 552, pp. 1-6 (1997) ♦ 17Proyecto Tití ♦ 18The 'Ura or Rimatara Lorikeet Vini kuhlii: its former range, present status, and conservation priorities., GERALD McCORMACK and JUDITH KUNZLE, Bird Conservation International (1996) 6:325-334 ♦ 19Current Status and Conservation of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA), Costa Rica, Fiona Dear, Christopher Vaughan and Adrián Morales Polanco, Research Journal of the Costa Rican Distance Education University Vol. 2(1): 7-21, June, 2010 ♦ 20Phyllostomus discolor, Gary G. Kwiecinski, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 801, pp. 1–11 (2006) ♦ 21Hipposideros cyclops, Jan Decher and Jakob Fahr, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 763, pp. 1–7 (2005) ♦ 22Nycteris grandis, M. B. C. Hickey and J. M. Dunlop, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 632, pp. 1–4 (2000) ♦ 23Pteropus vampyrus, Thomas H. Kunz and Deborah P. Jones, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 642, pp. 1–6 (2000) ♦ 24Vampyrum spectrum, Daniel Navarro L. and Don E. Wilson, Mammalian Species No. 184, pp. 1-4 (1982)
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