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Ceiba boliviana
CeibaFamily: Malvaceae (Formerly:Bombacaceae)
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Origin: Bolivia
One of the more impressive trees, with large white flowers streaked with red, and a trunk armed with massive conical thorns.
Similar plants:
- Bombax ceiba, Salmalia malabarica, Bombax malabaricum (Kapok tree, Silk Cotton Tree)
- Ceiba insignis, Chorisia insignis (White Floss Silk Tree, Drunken Tree)
- Ceiba pentandra (Kapok tree, Silk Cotton Tree)
- Ceiba schottii (Painera, Pochote)
- Ceiba sp. (Ceiba, Floss Silk Tree, Kapok Tree)
- Ceiba speciosa, Chorisia speciosa (Silk Floss Tree, Bombax)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/ceiba_boliviana.htm