MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



Sorting Ceiba names


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



Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & E.G. Baker

SYNONYM(S) :  Bombax aesculifolium Kunth, Eriodendron aesculifolium (Kunth) DC.,  Xylon aesculifolium (Kunth) Kuntze

SPANISH :   Pochote  (Mexico).

 

Ceiba erianthos (Cav.) K. Schum.

PORTUGUESE :    Paineira-das-pedras (Brazil).

 

Ceiba glaziovii (Kuntze) K.Schum.

PORTUGUESE :    Barriguda (Brazil).


Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

SYNONYM(S) :   Bombax guineensis Schum. & Thonn., Bombax occidentale Spreng., Bombax orientale Spreng., Bombax pentandrum L., Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev., Ceiba guineensis (Schum. & Thonn.) A. Chev., Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill , Ceiba thonningii A. Chev. ,  Eriodendron anfractuosum DC., Eriodendron caribaeum G. Don, Eriodendron guineense G. Don & Thonn. , Eriodendron orientale Kostel , Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz, Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze

ARABIC :  Rum (Chad), Shajaret al kutun.

BAMBARA :  Bàna, Bànan.

BENGALI :  Schwetsimul, Setsimul.

BURMESE :  Thinbawle.

CHINESE :   吉贝 Ji bei ,   爪哇木棉   Zhua wa mu mian,  吉貝棉  Ji bei mian,  吉貝木棉  Ji bei mu mian.

DANISH : Kapoktræ, Silkebomuldstræ.

DUTCH :  Kapokboom.

ENGLISH :  Copal, Cottonwood, Kapok, Kapok tree, Silk cotton tree, True kapok tree,  White silk-cotton tree.

FINNISH : Capoc, Kapokkipuu, Seiba.

FRENCH : Arbre coton, Arbre de Dieu (Latin America), Arbre à  kapok, Arbre kapok, Bois coton, Capoquier, Cotonnier de l'Inde, Faux cotonnier, Fromager, Kapokier, Kapokier de Java.

GERMAN :  Baumwollbaum, Fuma, Kapokbaum, Wollbaum.

GREEK :  Kαπόκ.

HAUSA :  Riimaayee, Riimii.

HINDI :  Katan, Safed savara, Safed semul, Safed simal, Safed simul.

ITALIAN : Albero del kapok, Pianta del kapok .

JAPANESE :   カポック  Kapokku,  キワタカポック  Kiwata kapokku.

KHMER :  Koo, Kor.

LAOTIAN :   Kokuiyu, Nguiz baanz.

MALAY :    Daun randu, Kabuk abu, Kakabu, Kakantrie, Kankantri (Surinam), Kapok (Indonesia), Kapuk randu (Indonesia), Mengkapas,  Pohon kapok (Indonesia), Pohon randu.

MARATHI :  Safetasavara.

PORTUGUESE :  Arvore-da-lã (Brazil), Arvore-da-seda (Brazil), Barriguda, Barriguda de espinho (Brazil), Mai-das-arvores  (Brazil), Mafumeira,  Paina, Paina-lisa (Brazil), Paineira (Brazil), Poilão, Polão, Samaúma-cabeluda (Brazil),  Samaúna da várzea (Brazil), Samaúma-lisa (Brazil), Sumauma da mata, Sumauma de terra firme, Sumaúma (Brazil), Sumaúma-barriguda (Brazil), Sumaúma-branca (Brazil), Sumaúma-da-várzea (Brazil), Sumaúma-de-macaco (Brazil), Sumaúma-rosada (Brazil), Sumaúma-verdadeira (Brazil), Sumaumeira.

SANSKRIT :  Seta salmali, Shvetasalmali, Shweta shalmali.

SINHALESE :  Elavam, Imbul, Kottapulung, Pulung, Pulunimbal.

SPANISH :   Arbol capoc, Arbol de seda, Arbol de la seda, Bonga (Colombia), Capoquero, Ceiba blanca (Colombia), Ceiba de lana (Colombia), Ceiba juca, Ceiba yuca (Venezuela), Ceibo  (Peru), Ceibo jabillo (Venezuela), Hoja de yuca (Bolivia), Huimba (Peru), Mosmote, Peem, Pochota (Mexico), Pochote  (Mexico), Toborochi (Bolivia), Yaxché (Mexico), Yuca.

SWAHILI :  Mbuyu, Msufi.

SWEDISH :  Kapok.

TAGALOG :  Balios, Boboi, Buboi, Bubuy, Bulak, Bulak kahoi, Bulak sina.

TAMIL :  Ilavu,  Ilavum, Illavam panju, Pancu, Panji, Panjirnaram, Panjumaram, Ulagamaram.

TELUGU :  Tella buruga.

THAI :   ง้าว Ngao,  งิ้วน้อย  Ngio noi,  งิ้วสาย Ngio sai (Northern Thailand), งิ้วสร้อย Ngio soi, นุ่น   Nun.

URDU :  Sambal.

VIETNAMESE :  Bông gòn.

VISAYAN :  Boi-boi, Bulak dondol, Daldol, Dogdol, Doldol, Dondol, Gapas, Kayo.

YORUBA :  Araba (Nigeria), Egun, Ogungun.

OTHERS :  Basanglai (Philippines),  Bokum (Nigeria), Bokuma (Congo), Bosengo (Congo), Bouma (Cameroon), Bulak-kastila  (Philippines), Doum (West Africa), Gataova (Philippines),  Kasanglai (Philippines), Kapak  (Philippines), Kapas  (Philippines), Kapas-sanglai  (Philippines), Kapoc (Philippines), Kapas  (Philippines), Kapuk  (Philippines), Kulak (Philippines),  Mofumo (Congo), Nfuma, Nkouma (Cameroon, Gabon), Odouma (West Africa), Ogouma (Cameroon, Gabon), Sanglai (Philippines).
 

Ceiba sumauma (Mart. & Zucc.) K. Schum.

PORTUGUESE : Sumaúma (Brazil).


Ceiba trischistandra (A. Gray) Bakh.

SYNONYM(S) :  Eriodendron trischistandra A. Gray

PORTUGUESE : (Brazil).

SPANISH : Ceibo (Peru).


 


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Ceiba Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database   (M.M.P.N.D)  - 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/Ceiba.html > (2006).

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography
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Online
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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary


Richter H. G. & Dallwitz M. J.  (2000 onwards). 'Commercial timbers: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval.' In English, French, German, and Spanish. Version: 4th May 2000. < http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/ >.

T. X. Wood Database, 2006, Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database - Metafro Infosys. Ceiba pentandra   (L.) Gaertn. < http://www.metafro.be/xylarium/species/SN2513 >.

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?ceiba (10 September  2006). (GRIN)



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