Malvaceae
Silk floss tree
Ceiba speciosa
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Ceiba
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- قابوق جميل
- arz
- قابوق جميل
- Cantonese
- 美人樹, 絲木棉
- Catalan
- Corísia, Arbre de la llana
- Chinese
- 美人樹, 美丽异木棉, 美人树
- Dutch
- Chorisia
- English
- Silk floss tree, Silk-floss tree
- Finnish
- Pullokapokkipuu
- Georgian
- Დიდებული სეიბა
- German
- Florettseidenbaum
- Guarani
- Samu'ũ, Ñandubay
- Hebrew
- כוריזיה הדורה
- Hungarian
- Hernyóselyemfa, Brazíliai kapokfa
- Italian
- Albero bottiglia
- Japanese
- トックリキワタ, トックリノキ, トボロチ, パイネリア, パロボラッチョ, ボトルの木, 南米ざくら, 酔っぱらいの樹
- Lithuanian
- Puošnusis kapokmedis
- Nepali
- घ्याम्पे रूख
- Polish
- Puchowiec wspaniały
- Portuguese
- Paineira
- Russian
- Сейба великолепная
- Spanish
- Chorisia, Palo borracho, Bitaca, Corisia, Jamabu, Jamabú, Mapajo, Mapoco
- Ukrainian
- Сейба розкішна
Synonyms
- Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.
- Chorisia speciosa var. minor Chodat
- Chorisia speciosa var. paraguariensis Hassl.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 292 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Davi Eduardo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vitoria Fortes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: RAP, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Conrado Pável de Oliveira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Pablo-flores assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MARCO AURÉLIO ESPARZ…, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.