Ceiba

Park ceret Sao paulo

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Transpantaneira, Pocon, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

Remarkable big tree in Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Garden (Brisbane, Australia),we believe it is wrongly labelled as Bombax costatum, native to Sudan (Africa).However it is Ceiba pentandra - native to tropical Africa and America. Well known tree for it's kapok and majestic appearance.

A giant of the Neotropical forests, and best known as the Kapok tree for its tree cotton seeds. Photo from the Napo River, Ecuador. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/flora/malves/index.html

Flowers of the Kapok tree in eastern Ecuador. From its neotropical origin, the species has been widely planted, especially in southeast Asia.

Ceret park Sao Paulo. Brazil native tree

Ceret Sao paulo

tecidos fotossintticos aparentes no caule

The swollen trunks of many of this species gives Toborochi the alternative name of Palo Boracho, as it reminds people of a drunk. Photo from a plaza in San Javier, Bolivia.

Parque Ceret So Paulo

Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paineira-rosa / Barriguda (Ceiba speciosa) flower. Sao paulo Brazilian native

From the tree known as Toborochi or as Palo Borracho, native from northeast Argentina and adjacent Bolivia to southeastern Brazil. Planted widely. Photo from Salta area, Argentina.

Park Ceret So Paulo

Previously of the Bombacaceae Family and Chorisia Genus. Widely planted from the southern tropics of South America. Known as Toborochi or as the Silk Floss Tree. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/flora/malves/index.html

Mococa. Paineiras-rosa "Ceiba speciosa", brazilian silk-floss tree

Paineira-rosa / Barriguda / Cotton-silk-tree fallen flowers. Brazilian tree (Ceiba speciosa). Park ceret Sao paulo