Record Number
6580
PROSEA Handbook Number
17: Fibre plants
Taxon
Ceiba trischistandra (A. Gray) Bakh.
Family
BOMBACACEAE
Synonyms
Eriodendron trischistandra A. Gray.
Distribution
Peru and Brazil. Occasionally cultivated elsewhere, e.g. in Java.
Uses
The fruit yields a white fibre, which is of much lower quality than that of kapok (Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.).
Observations
A tree, 10—20 m tall, with large buttresses and main branches in young trees erecto-patent. Leaves spirally arranged, palmately compound; petiole 10—15 cm long; leaflets 5—9, oblong-obovate, 6—12 cm x 2—5 cm, caudate. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2—3, usually 5-merous, bisexual, regular, yellow-white; pedicel up to 4 cm long; calyx 3—4 cm long, densely rufous-pubescent; petals obovate, 5—6 cm long; staminal tube bearing apically 5 fascicles of 3 filaments each; style 6—8 cm long. Fruit a woody capsule, cylindrical-obovoid, 15—17 cm x 7—8 cm, pendulous, 5-valved, inside densely covered with white wool, many-seeded. Seed embedded in the wool (floss). Ceiba trischistandra prefers a dry tropical climate, and growth in West Java is poor. In Central Java it flowers in May—July.
Selected Sources
[6]Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr, R.C., 1963—1968. Flora of Java. 3 volumes. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands. Vol. 1 (1963) 647 pp., Vol. 2 (1965) 641 pp., Vol. 3 (1968) 761 pp.
[66]Hanelt, P. & Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (Editors), 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops (except ornamentals). 1st English edition. 6 volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 3645 pp.
[71]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch-Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd Edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd Edition, 1950. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands / Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 pp.)
[190]van Hall, C.J.J. & van de Koppel, C. (Editors), 1950. De landbouw in de Indische Archipel [Agriculture in the Indonesian Archipelago]. Vol. 3. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands / Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 pp.)s-Gravenhage, the Netherlands. pp. 53—102.
[66]Hanelt, P. & Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (Editors), 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops (except ornamentals). 1st English edition. 6 volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 3645 pp.
[71]Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch-Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd Edition. 3 volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp. (3rd Edition, 1950. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands / Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 pp.)
[190]van Hall, C.J.J. & van de Koppel, C. (Editors), 1950. De landbouw in de Indische Archipel [Agriculture in the Indonesian Archipelago]. Vol. 3. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands / Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 pp.)s-Gravenhage, the Netherlands. pp. 53—102.
Author(s)
M. Brink, P.C.M. Jansen & C.H. Bosch
Correct Citation of this Article
Brink, M., Jansen, P.C.M. & Bosch, C.H., 2003. Ceiba trischistandra (A. Gray) Bakh.. In: Brink, M and Escobin, R.P. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 17: Fibre plants. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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