874 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Dilleniidae

► Order Malvales

► Family Bombacaceae - Kapok-tree family

► Family (Alt) Malvaceae - Mallow family

► Subfamily Bombacoideae

► Genus Ceiba Mill. - Ceiba

Synonyms

Bombax guineense

Bombax guineensis Schum. & Thonn.

Bombax occidentale Spreng.

Bombax orientale Spreng.

Bombax pentandra

≡ Bombax pentandrum (basinom) L.

(=) Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev.

(=) Ceiba casearia Medik.

Ceiba guineensis (Schum. & Thonn.) A. Chev.

Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill

Ceiba thonningii A. Chev.

(=) Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.

Eriodendron caribaeum G. Don

Eriodendron guineense G. Don & Thonn.

Eriodendron orientale Kostel

Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz

Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze

Common names

Ceiba (English)

Copal (English)

Cotton tree (English)

Cottonwood (English)

Kapok (English)

Kapoktree (English)

Silk cotton tree (English)

True kapok tree (English)

White silk-cotton tree (English)

Arbre à kapok (French)

Arbre coton (French)

Arbre kapok (French)

Bois coton (French)

Capoc (French)

Capoquier (French)

Cotonnier de l'Inde (French)

Faux cotonnier (French)

Fromager (French)

Kapokier (French)

Kapokier de Java (French)

 

Kapoktræ (Danish)

Silkebomuldstræ (Danish)

Kapokboom (Dutch)

Capoc (Finnish)

Kapokkipuu (Finnish)

Seiba (Finnish)

Baumwollbaum (German)

Fuma (German)

Kapokbaum (German)

Wollbaum (German)

Albero del kapok (Italian)

Pianta del kapok (Italian)

Barriguda (Portuguese)

Mafumeira (Portuguese)

Paina (Portuguese)

Poilão (Portuguese)

Polão (Portuguese)

Sumauma da mata (Portuguese)

Sumauma de terra firme (Portuguese)

Sumaumeira (Portuguese)

Белое хлопковое дерево (Russian)

Капок (Russian)

Шерстяное дерево (Russian)

Árbol capoc (Spanish)

Arbol capoc (Spanish)

Arbol de la seda (Spanish)

Arbol de seda (Spanish)

Capoquero (Spanish)

Ceiba (Spanish)

Ceiba juca (Spanish)

Mosmote (Spanish)

Peem (Spanish)

Pochote (Spanish)

Yuca (Spanish)

Kapok (Swedish)

 

Shajaret al kutun (Arabic)

Rum (Chad (Arabic))

 

Set Simul (India (Bengali))

Katan (India (Hindi))

Safed savara (India (Hindi))

Safed semal (India (Hindi))

Safed simul (India (Hindi))

Saphed simal (India (Hindi))

Safetasavara (India (Marathi))

Kutasalmali (India (Sanskrit))

Kutashalmali (India (Sanskrit))

Seta salmali (India (Sanskrit))

Svetashalmali (India (Sanskrit))

Ilavam (India (Tamil))

Ilavu (India (Tamil))

Ilavum (India (Tamil))

Illavam panju (India (Tamil))

Pancu (India (Tamil))

Panji (India (Tamil))

Panjirnaram (India (Tamil))

Panjumaram (India (Tamil))

Ulagamaram (India (Tamil))

Tellaburaga (India (Telugu))

Sambal (India (Urdu))

Elavam (Sinhalese)

Imbul (Sinhalese)

Kottapulung (Sinhalese)

Pulung (Sinhalese)

Pulunimbal (Sinhalese)

 

Thinbawle (Burmese)

Kapok (Indonesia (Malay))

Kapuk randu (Indonesia (Malay))

Pohon kapok (Indonesia (Malay))

Koo (Khmer)

Kor (Khmer)

Kokuiyu (Laotian)

Nguiz baanz (Laotian)

Daun randu (Malay)

Kabuk abu (Malay)

Kakabu (Malay)

Kakantrie (Malay)

Mengkapas (Malay)

Pohon randu (Malay)

Basanglai (Philippines)

Bulak-kastila (Philippines)

Gataova (Philippines)

Kapak (Philippines)

Kapas (Philippines)

Kapas-sanglai (Philippines)

Kapoc (Philippines)

Kapuk (Philippines)

Kasanglai (Philippines)

Kulak (Philippines)

Sanglai (Philippines)

Balios (Tagalog (Malay))

Boboi (Tagalog (Malay))

Buboi (Tagalog (Malay))

Bubuy (Tagalog (Malay))

Bulak (Tagalog (Malay))

Bulak kahoi (Tagalog (Malay))

Bulak sina (Tagalog (Malay))

Ngao (Thai)

Ngio noi (Thai)

Ngio sai (Thai)

Ngio soi (Thai)

Nun (Thai)

Bông gòn (Vietnamese)

 

Ji bei (Chinese)

Ji bei mian (Chinese)

Ji bei mu mian (Chinese)

Zhua wa mu mian (Chinese)

Kapokku (Japanese)

Kiwata kapokku (Japanese)

 

Bouma (Cameroon)

Nkouma (Cameroon)

Ogouma (Cameroon)

Bokuma (Congo)

Bosengo (Congo)

Mofumo (Congo)

Nkouma (Gabon)

Ogouma (Gabon)

Riimaayee (Hausa)

Riimii (Hausa)

Bokum (Nigeria)

Mbuyu (Swahili)

Msufi (Swahili)

Doum (West Africa)

Odouma (West Africa)

Araba (Yoruba)

Egun (Yoruba)

Ogungun (Yoruba)

 

Hoja de yuca (Bolivia (Spanish))

Toborochi (Bolivia (Spanish))

Arvore-da-lã (Brazil (Portuguese))

Arvore-da-seda (Brazil (Portuguese))

Barriguda de espinho (Brazil (Portuguese))

Mai-das-arvores (Brazil (Portuguese))

Paina-lisa (Brazil (Portuguese))

Paineira (Brazil (Portuguese))

Samaúma-cabeluda (Brazil (Portuguese))

Samaúma-lisa (Brazil (Portuguese))

Samaúna da-várzea (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-barriguda (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-branca (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-da-várzea (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-de-macaco (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-rosada (Brazil (Portuguese))

Sumaúma-verdadeira (Brazil (Portuguese))

Bonga (Colombia (Spanish))

Ceiba blanca (Colombia (Spanish))

Ceiba de lana (Colombia (Spanish))

Arbre de Dieu (Latin America (French))

Pochota (Mexico (Spanish))

Pochote (Mexico (Spanish))

Yaxché (Mexico (Spanish))

Ceibo (Peru (Spanish))

Huimba (Peru (Spanish))

Ceiba yuca (Venezuela (Spanish))

Ceibo jabillo (Venezuela (Spanish))

Description

Medium-sized cream white flower with five velvety recurving petals set in cup-shaped calyces; borne singly or in small clusters. A very large tree with a spiny trunk and prominent buttresses; the tree bears large pods containing the silk-cotton or kapok of commerce.