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Internal ID UUID64401005d8820740203747
Scientific name Ceiba speciosa
Authority (A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna
First published in Onira 3: 46 (1998)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess. Pl. Usuel. Bras. : t. 63 (1828)
Chorisia speciosa var. minor Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 1): 67 (1899)
Chorisia speciosa var. paraguariensis Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 7: 176 (1907)

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Language Common/alternative name
English silk floss tree
Spanish palo borracho
Spanish chorisia
Spanish yuchán
Spanish yuchan
Spanish toborochi
Spanish palo barrigón
Spanish bitaca
Spanish corisia
Spanish jamabu
Spanish jamabú
Spanish mapajo
Spanish palos borrachos
Spanish palo barrigon
Spanish mapoco
Arabic قابوق جميل
Catalan corísia
Catalan arbre de la llana
German florettseidenbaum
Finnish pullokapokkipuu
gn Ñandubay
gn samu'ũ
Hebrew כוריזיה הדורה
Hungarian brazíliai kapokfa
Hungarian hernyóselyemfa
Italian albero bottiglia
Japanese 南米ざくら
Japanese トックリキワタ
Japanese 酔っぱらいの樹
Japanese ボトルの木
Japanese パイネリア
Japanese トボロチ
Japanese トックリノキ
Japanese パロボラッチョ
Georgian დიდებული სეიბა
Lithuanian puošnusis kapokmedis
Nepali घ्याम्पे रूख
Dutch chorisia
Polish puchowiec wspaniały
Portuguese paineira
Russian Сейба великолепная
Ukrainian Сейба розкішна
Chinese 美人樹
Chinese 美人树
Chinese 美丽异木棉

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000592612
Tropicos 3900746
Flora of Italy 11469
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1005661-1
The Plant List kew-2707399
Open Tree Of Life 433610
NCBI Taxonomy 82382
IUCN Red List 61782892
IPNI 1005661-1
iNaturalist 154290
GBIF 5663185
Freebase /m/07v2pv
EOL 5405972
Calflora (Californian flora) 9431
USDA GRIN 433223
Wikipedia Ceiba_speciosa
GBIF 134307218

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The complete chloroplast genome of Durio zibethinus L. cultivar Ri6 (Helicteroideae, Malvaceae) Gia Huy T, Thi NP, Do HD, Khang DT Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 08-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11086024
doi:10.1080/23802359.2024.2350619
PMID:38737395
Pest categorisation of Pyrrhoderma noxium Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Golic D, Gobbi A, Maiorano A, Pautasso M, Reignault PL EFSA J 19-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10949325
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8667
PMID:38505477
Plants with Anti-Ulcer Activity and Mechanism: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Studies Prayoga DK, Aulifa DL, Budiman A, Levita J Drug Des Devel Ther 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10840521
doi:10.2147/DDDT.S446949
PMID:38318501
Impact of Argemone mexicana L. on tomato plants infected with Phytophthora infestans Hernández-Soto I, González-García Y, Juárez-Maldonado A, Hernández-Fuentes AD PeerJ 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10771083
doi:10.7717/peerj.16666
PMID:38188144
Toxicological Profile and Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Mucoadhesive Gel from Residues of Agave sisalana and Punica granatum Fracasso JA, Sikina IY, da Costa LT, Guarnier LP, Ribeiro-Paes JT, de Ferreira FY, de Almeida LV, de Castro Silva B, de Barros Barbosa D, Ximenes VF, Venkli D, Viel AM, dos Santos L Gels 30-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10743268
doi:10.3390/gels9120942
PMID:38131928
Exploring Plants with Flowers: From Therapeutic Nutritional Benefits to Innovative Sustainable Uses Coyago-Cruz E, Moya M, Méndez G, Villacís M, Rojas-Silva P, Corell M, Mapelli-Brahm P, Vicario IM, Meléndez-Martínez AJ Foods 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10671036
doi:10.3390/foods12224066
PMID:38002124
Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of 76 Plant Species Collected in Andalusia (Spain) against Lung Cancer Cells Jiménez-González V, Benítez G, Pastor JE, López-Lázaro M, Calderón-Montaño JM Plants (Basel) 15-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10536323
doi:10.3390/plants12183275
PMID:37765439
Using Glyphosate on Guarana Seedlings in the Amazon Konrad BN, Pinheiro SC, Ferreira CC, Hoffmann EK, Albertino SM Molecules 04-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10343901
doi:10.3390/molecules28135193
PMID:37446855
Hydraulic differences between flowers and leaves are driven primarily by pressure-volume traits and water loss An YD, Roddy AB, Zhang TH, Jiang GF Front Plant Sci 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10264769
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1130724
PMID:37324689
Transcriptome Analysis of the Late-Acting Self-Incompatibility Associated with RNase T2 Family in Camellia oleifera Li C, Lu M, Zhou J, Wang S, Long Y, Xu Y, Tan X Plants (Basel) 09-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10223774
doi:10.3390/plants12101932
PMID:37653852
Nanotechnology Applied to Cellulosic Materials Fernandes A, Cruz-Lopes L, Esteves B, Evtuguin D Materials (Basel) 14-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10143861
doi:10.3390/ma16083104
PMID:37109939
Exploring the volatile metabolites of three Chorisia species: Comparative headspace GC–MS, multivariate chemometrics, chemotaxonomic significance, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 potential Refaat Fahim J, Darwish AG, El Zawily A, Wells J, Abourehab MA, Yehia Desoukey S, Zekry Attia E Saudi Pharm J 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10172601
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2023.03.012
PMID:37181141
Potential Allergenicity of Plants Used in Allergological Communication: An Untapped Tool for Prevention Magyar D Plants (Basel) 16-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10058677
doi:10.3390/plants12061334
PMID:36987022
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
IoT-Based Systems for Soil Nutrients Assessment in Horticulture Postolache S, Sebastião P, Viegas V, Postolache O, Cercas F Sensors (Basel) 30-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9823829
doi:10.3390/s23010403
PMID:36617000

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