Malvaceae FAMILY

Ceiba ventricosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ceiba ventricosa is an evergreen tree with a large, open, globose crown; it can grow 12 - 26 metres tall. The straight bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its low quality timber. A fast-growing plant that is very ornamental when in flower, it can be used in landscaping in parks and large gardens[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northeastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, usually in the dense, primary forest, favouring well-drained, sloping ground[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. Dry, semideciduous woodland[ 698 Title A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Ceiba Publication Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 60 (2) pp259 - 300 Author Gibbs P.; Semir J. Website http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/fichero_articulo?codigo=762476&orden=78027 Publisher Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid Year 2003 ISBN Description A new treatment of the genus, which includes species previously in Chorisia. Available as a PDF file on the Internet. ].