Malvaceae FAMILY

Ceiba boliviana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ceiba boliviana is a deciduous tree with a globose crown and sparsely-spiny branches. It can grow 15 - 30 metres tall. The straight bole is spiny when young, becoming smooth with age, it can be more than 100cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 local use as a stuffing material and source of wood. Very ornamental when in flower, the tree can be used in landscaping[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 - Paraguay, eastern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatDry land forest, where it can be found in both primary and secondary formations, favouring areas not subject to periodic inundation, often near rivers and on gentle slopes, usually where the soil is fertile and well-drained[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].