MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Bombax names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities,  = approved as synonyms) :

 



Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv.

SYNONYM(S) : Bombax flammeum Ulbr.

DUTCH : Afrikaanse bombax.

ENGLISH : Gold Coast bombax, West African bombax.

FRENCH : Kapokier de Buonopozo, Fromager de Buonopozo.

GERMAN :  Afrikanischer Bombax.

PORTUGUESE :  Mafumeira africana, Mafumeira encarnada, Poilão encarnado, Poilão ferro, Sumaúma, Sumaúma africana.

SPANISH :  Arbol capoc, Arbol kapok, Capoc, Capoca.



Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv. subsp. reflexum (Sprague) A.Robyns

 Data needed.


Bombax ceiba L.

SYNONYM(S) :  Bombax heptaphyllum L.,  Bombax malabaricum DC., Gossampinus heptaphylla (Houtt.) Bakh.,
Gossampinus malabaricus (DC.) Merr., Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl.

ASSAMESE :  Himila, Himolu.

BENGALI :  Katseori, Roktosimul.

BURMESE :  Didu, Lepanbin, Letpan.

CHINESE :  木棉  Mu mian (as B. malabaricum).

DUTCH :  Simalboom, Randoe alas (as G. heptaphylla), Zijdekapokboom .

ENGLISH :  Indian cottonwood,  Indian kapok, Kapok tree, Red cottontree, Red-flowered silk-cotton tree, Red silk-cotton, Red silk-cotton tree, Shaving brush, Silk cottontree, Simal tree.

FRENCH : Arbre bombax, Fromager.  

GERMAN : Indischer Seidenwollbaum, Semul, Roter Seidenwollbaum.

GREEK :   Βόμβαξ ο μαλαβαρικός    Vomvax malavarikos.

HINDI :   Kaantisenbal, Kantisembal, Rakat senbal, Semal, Semar kanda, Semul, Semur, Shembal, Shimbal, Simal, Simul

KHMER :  Roka.

NEPALESE :      Simal.

PORTUGUESE :  Algodoeiro do mato, Bómbax, Bonga, Borracha, Borracho, Cartageno, Ceiba, Imbiruçu, Kapok, Paineira da India, Panha, Panheira, Sumaúma.

SPANISH :  Arbol capoc, Arbol kapok.

SANSKRIT : Shaalmali, Shalmali.

TAGALOG :   Buboi gubat, Malabulak, Taglinau.

TAMIL :    இலவு   Ilavu,  பூலா  Puulaa,   முள்ளிலவு   Mullilavu.

THAI :   งิ้ว Ngio,  งิ้วบ้าน  Ngio ban,  งิ้วแดง  Ngio daeng,  งิ้วปง Ngio pong,  งิ้วปงแดง Ngio pong daeng,   งิ้วหนาม .

VISAYAN :  Salay, Talutu.


UNIDENTIFIED :   
Burka chettu,  Taroktok (Philippines).


Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuillet

ENGLISH :  Gambia silk-cotton tree, Red-flowered silk-cotton tree.

PORTUGUESE :  Poilão foro.

UNIDENTIFIED :   Vacka (Burkina-Faso).



Bombax ellipticum Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth

SYNONYM(S) :   Carolinea fastuosa DC., Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand

ENGLISH :  Shaving brush tree.

PORTUGUESE :  Imbirussú rosa.  

SPANISH :   Amapola de Yucatán,  Amapola yucateca, Cabellos de ángel,  Chak kuyché (Maya), Coquito, Clavellina, Chicocuchi, Chospó, Chucté, Doncella,   Jilosúchil, Jiquiquipe,  Kuy ché (Maya),  Luya,   Pochote, Pongolote, Teti, Tetique, Tindusa, Titilamate, Xanacol.


Bombax ellipticum Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth 'Album'

ENGLISH :  White shaving brush tree.

SPANISH :   Sak kuyché (Maya).


Bombax religiosum L.

SYNONYM(S) :  Bombax conga Burm.f.,  Bombax gossypium L., nom. illeg.,  Bombax religiosa L., Cochlospermum gossypium (L.) DC., Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston.,  Maximilianea gossypium (L.) Kuntze

BENGALI :   Gabdi, Golgol, Sonali simul.

ENGLISH :  Cottontree, Silk-cotton tree, White silk-cotton tree, Yellow silk-cotton tree,
Yellow-flowered silk-cotton tree.

GUJARATI :  Kadachogund.
HINDI :  Bebaru, Gabdi, 
गलगल  Galgal, Gangal, Ganiar, Katira,  Kumbi, Pili kapas, Pililkapas.

KANNADA :  Arasinaburaga, Baruga, Buruga, Kaduburga.

MALAYALAM :  Appakuttaka, Parappoola, Parapanni.

MARATHI :  गजरा    Gajra, Galgaldaru, Ganglai, Ganglay, Gangloy.

ORIYA :  Konokopolas.

PERSIAN :       نام  علمي     .

SANSKRIT :  Girisalmalika, Silakarpasika.

SINHALESE :  Elaimbul, Kinihiriya.

SPANISH :  Capoquero blanco.

TAMIL :   Kattilavu, Kattolaga, Kattupparutti, Kongelavam, Kongilam, Kudirapuduku, Malaipparutti, Manjardanakku, Thanukku.

TELUGU :  Adavi buruga, Adavi gogu, Kandagogu, Konda buruga, Kondagogu.

THAI :   สุพรรณิการ์  Suphan nika (Central Thailand).

URDU :  Katira, Kontopalas.


Bombax rhodognaphalon K.Schum.

ENGLISH :  Wild kapok tree.


Bombax rhodognaphalon K.Schum. var. rhodognaphalon

 Data needed.



Bombax rhodognaphalon K.Schum. var. tomentosum A.Robyns

 Data needed.


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Bombax Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress.  School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne.  Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bombax.html > (2006).


 REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?bombax (28 March 2005). (GRIN)

 

 

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