Record Number
4996
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Bombax ceiba L.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Bombax in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Bombax in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Bombax malabaricum DC., Gossampinus malabarica (DC.) Merr., Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl.
Vernacular Names
Cottonwood, Indian bombax, silk cotton tree (En). Fromager (Fr). Indonesia: kapuk hutan (Indonesian), kapok kalingi (Timor), randu agung (Javanese). Malaysia: kapok, tambaluang (Sabah). Papua New Guinea: bombax, kapok. Philippines: malabulak (general), babui-gubat (Mindoro), taglinan (Tagalog). Burma (Myanmar): letpan. Laos: ngiou2 ban2. Thailand: ngui, ngui ban (general). Vietnam: g[aj]o d[or], m[oo]c ni[ee]n.
Distribution
From Pakistan and India towards Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Java, Borneo (Sabah), the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, New Guinea and northern Australia.
Image
 | Bombax valetonii Hochr. – 1, tree habit. Bombax ceiba L. – 2, leaf; 3, inflorescence; 4, fruit. |
Author(s)
Nguyen Ba & Nguyen Nghia Thin
Correct Citation of this Article
Ba, N. & Thin, N.N., 1998. Bombax ceiba L.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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