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Ceiba pentandra

species of plant
Class type of: useful plant Q138617

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Has use
afforestation, medicinal plant, fiber, wood, vegetable[7][8][9][10][11]
Short name
C. pentandra[17]
Described by source
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[13][14]
Hardiness of plant
10
Has basionym
Bombax pentandrum[12]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[4]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Plants, WikiProject Caribbean, WikiProject Central America, WikiProject South America, WikiProject Invasion Biology[28][29][30][31][32]
Parent taxon
Ceiba[5]
Taxon common name
Kapok, Amazoninkapokkipuu, Albero del kapok, kapokovec, İpek pamuk ağacı, 美丽异木棉, 吉贝, 美洲木棉, 爪哇木棉, 吉贝, 爪哇木棉, kapoktree[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Taxon name
Ceiba pentandra[6]
Taxon range
Brazil, Pará, Acre, Roraima, Maranhão, Amazonia, Guangdong, Arari, Santa Luzia, Angola, Cuba, Myanmar, Gabon
Taxon rank
species[3]
This taxon is source of
kapok, ceiba wood[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en samauma en Java cotton en silk-cotton en kapok en Ceiba pentandra en Java kapok en kapok tree ar قابوق خماسي الأسدية ar كابوك da kapoktræ de Ceiba pentandra de Wollbaum de Kapokbaum el Βαμβάκι της Ιάβας el Σήμπα el Σαμάουμα el Μεταξωβάμβακο el Καπόκ el Καπόκ της Ιάβας es Eriodendron anfractuosum var indicum
🔖 Identifiers · 63
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85071559
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ceiba pentandra in Cuba.jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ID
3644
APNI ID
136313
African Plant Database ID
48438
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300375521
BNCF Thesaurus ID
37443
BOLD Systems taxon ID
209449
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
150417434
Biota of New Zealand ID
a7b1b4ff-a7dc-42e1-85df-4ff8331e4237
Brussels Inventory of Natural Heritage tree ID
6943
CalPhotos taxon ID
Ceiba+pentandra
Show all 63 identifiers +51
Catalogue of Life ID
S2C6
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID
177840
EPPO Code
CEIPE
Ecocrop ID
658
Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
210144
Encyclopedia of Life ID
584794
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/silk-cotton-tree
External data available at URL
www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org, www.gbif.org
Flora of China ID
200013784
Flora of North America taxon ID
200013784
Flowers of India ID
Kapok Tree
Freebase ID
/m/049xz
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5406697
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
capoquer
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0088262
INaturalist taxon ID
62809
IPNI plant ID
1166232-2
IRMNG ID
10896276
ITIS TSN
21595
IUCN taxon ID
61782438
India Biodiversity Portal species ID
229096
Indian Medicinal Plants Database ID
f8a3e874c6fc54d081c50263ce5a27c2
Interlingual Index ID
i101190
J9U entity ID
987007541188505171
MyBIS species ID
33253
NALT ID
23308
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0021195824
NCBI taxonomy ID
193163
NE.se ID
kapok
NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID
flora/2/7/2797
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
e0a47938-0dc5-4201-8396-dc5574d15b71
Observation.org taxon ID
153041
Open Tree of Life ID
987976
Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden)
277950
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-2707382
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1166232-2
Queensland Biota ID
37479
Red List of South African Plants ID
216-1
Reflora ID
FB23548
SERNEC taxon ID
44536
TAXREF ID
447007
Topic's main category
Category:Ceiba pentandra
Tropicos ID
3900422
UNII
9HB60365O9
USDA PLANTS ID
CEPE2
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zgdxy5t5
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
12210927-n, 14949914-n
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000592594
Yale LUX ID
concept/b446735e-a4c9-47d4-8b2c-57702ccc198d
ZOBODAT taxon ID
61628

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🔗 Connections
← Has host 27
Attacus atlas, Arsenura armida, Dysdaemonia boreas, Marumba dyras, Remelana jangala, Hypolycaena erylus, Neptis clinia, Pyroderces +19 more
Taxon range 13
Brazil, Angola, Myanmar, Cuba, Gabon, Guangdong, Pará, Acre +5 more
Has use 5
vegetable, wood, medicinal plant, fiber, afforestation
← Found in taxon 4
(+)-catechin, gossypol, beta-sitosterol, sitogluside
Maintained by WikiProject 3
WikiProject Plants, WikiProject South America, WikiProject Caribbean
Described by source 1
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Ceiba
Subclass of 1
useful plant
Taxon rank 1
species
This taxon is source of 1
kapok
← Depicts 1
coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea
← FactGrid item ID 1
Vénérolles
← Individual of taxon 1
Cotton Tree
← Natural product of taxon 1
kapok
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Summary

Ceiba pentandra is a taxon[1]. It is a type of useful plant[2].

Related Entities

Angola Brazil Cuba Gabon Myanmar Vénérolles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . perennialagriculture.institute. perennialagriculture.institute. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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