baobab family bombacaceae

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University of Hawaii Campus Plants, UH Botany
... specimens of more than 300 species found on the campus. Some general information, family name, common name, genus, and species are provided for each plant included. One ... Acalypha wilkesiana; copper leaf, Jacobs coat, beefsteak plant; Euphorbiaceae Adansonia digitata; baobab, dead rat tree; Bombacaceae Adenanthera pavonina; coralwood, false wiliwili; Mimosaceae Agapanthus praecox; lily of the Nile; ...
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Kapok
... Kapok CEIBA Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) Baobab Family, BOMBACACEAE Probably few people in California have ever heard of kapok, Ceiba pentandra, a member of the baobab family (Bombacaceae). This is a tree of neotropical forests with palmately ...
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Baobab Tree
... pachanoi (San Pedro Cactus) Printable View Adansonia digitata Family: Bombacaceae (bombax or baobab family) Common Names: baobab, dead-rat tree, bottle tree, monkey-bread tree The Baobab tree is native to the savanna region of Senegal in Western Africa and is the national symbol of Senegal. About the Baobab: Legend has it that, in a frivolous mood, the gods planted Baobabs upside down ...
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CFTC - The Genus Ceiba - Ceiba Tree Information
... Ceiba consists of 10 species of large tropical trees in the family Malvaceae (formerly in the Bombacaceae), which also includes the "baobab" trees of Africa (genus Adansonia). Ceiba trees are typically emergent, meaning ...
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Floridata: Pachira aquatica
... bulb order. Pachira aquatica Common Names: water chestnut, Guiana chestnut, Malabar chestnut, money tree Family: Bombacaceae (bombax or baobab family) Get link to Profile# 806 (click for data record) e-mail this page The ...
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Floridata: Chorisia speciosa
... . Chorisia speciosa Common Names: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil Family: Bombacaceae (bombax or baobab family) Get link to Profile# 845 (click for data record) e-mail this page A ...
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Bombacaceae
... family. The Bombacaceae includes about 30 genera with 250 species of tropical trees, some of which develop immense pachycaul trunks as a specialised mechanism for storing water e.g. baobab ...
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Order Malvales
... Ochroma (balsa), Tilia (lime, linden) and important agricultural crops, including cotton and kapok. The family Dipterocarpaceae includes many tropical species of valuable hardwood trees. The cacoa tree Theobroma ... rock garden. Succulent species (baobab trees) are found in the Bombacaceae which is closely related to the Malvaceae and is included within the latter family in recent treatments. This ...
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