Malvaceae
Bombax costatum
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Bombax
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- بومباكس كوستاتوم
- Bambara
- Bumu
- Esperanto
- Savana bombako
- Persian
- درخت پنجه دندهای
- Wolof
- Garabu Lawbe
Synonyms
- Bombax andrieui Pellegr. & Vuillet
- Bombax angulicarpum var. andrieui (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev.
- Bombax angulicarpum var. andrieuii (Pellegr. & Vuill.) A.Chev.
- Bombax angulicarpum var. costatum (Pellegr. & Vuill.) A.Chev.
- Bombax angulicarpum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuill.) A.Chev.
- Bombax buonopozense var. vuilletii Pellegr.
- Bombax costatum var. andrieui (Pellegr. & Vuillet) Aubrév.
- Bombax costatum var. andrieuii (Pellegr. & Vuill.) Aubrév.
- Bombax costatum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuill.) Aubrév.
- Bombax costatum var. typicum Aubrév.
- Bombax houardii Pellegr. & Vuillet
Photos
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Franco Colnago, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maarten Vanhove, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maarten Vanhove, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Nusaibah Ibraheem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Mohamed SAOUKPAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Hervé Rey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Hervé Rey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.