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Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Fuma; Cottonwood

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Fromager
Deutsch Baumwollbaum
English Fuma; Cottonwood
Français Ceiba;Fromager; capoquier
Italiano Baumwollbaum
Suomi Baumwollbaum
Norsk Baumwollbaum
Čeština Baumwollbaum
Español Baumwollbaum
Svenska Baumwollbaum
Polski Baumwollbaum
Український Baumwollbaum
Român Baumwollbaum
Русский Baumwollbaum
Български Baumwollbaum
EESTI Baumwollbaum
日本語 Baumwollbaum
Other names bulele (CD, BE); enia (CI, GH); capoquier (FR); bouma, doum, ogouma (G); onyina (GH); bentegnie (SN); kankanteri (NL); araba, egungun, okha (NG); ghe (NG, LR); banda (LR); polon (PT); pain de seda, sumauma (BR); seiba (CU); kumaka (GY); yasche (HN); ceiba blanca (CO); pochotl (MX); ceibón, poxote (NI); ceiba juca, ceibo jabillo (VE); imbul (LK); randoe (IN); ko, roko (KH); kabu, mengkapas (MY); nun (TH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

Geographic Regions Topical areas; Western Africa
States and Territories Andaman Isl. [I] (South Andaman Isl. [I]); Jamaica; Nicaragua; Java [I]; St. Eustatius; Montserrat; Palau [I] (Koror [I], Malakal [I]); Angola [I]; Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Rangiroa Atoll [I], Makatea Isl. [I]); Honduras; Thailand [I]; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Guinea [I]; Curaçao; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; India [I]; Galapagos; N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Acre); St. Martin/St. Maarten; Guinea-Bissau [I]; Niue [I]; Anguilla; Hispaniola; Seychelles [I]; St. Vincent; São Tomé [I]; Virgin Isl. (Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda); Cambodia [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Vietnam [c]; Zambia [I]; Antigua; Barbados; Philippines [c]; Cuba; Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Bolívar, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Guarico, Nueva Esparta, Miranda, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Marshall Isl. [I] (Arno [I], Jaluit [I]); Mozambique [I]; Ecuador; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I], Hainan [I]); Grenadines; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [c] (Juan de Nova Isl. [c]); Sudan [I]; Chad [I]; NE-Brazil (Maranhao); Austral Isl. [I]; Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); French Guiana; Fiji [I]; South Sudan [I]; Grenada; Society Isl. [I] (Mopelia Atoll [I], Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Taiwan [I]; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle); Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz); Myanmar [I]; El Salvador; Tonga [I]; Tobago; Brunei [I]; Panama; Benin [I]; Bahamas; Peru; Belize; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; American Samoa [I] (Manua Isl. [I]); Gabon [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Truk [I], Dublon [I], Namoluk [I], Nukuoro [I], Pohnpei [I]); Sulawesi [I]; Trinidad; Surinam; St. Barthélémy; Bangladesh [I]; Togo [I]; Puerto Rico; Isla Margarita; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Laos [c]; Guyana; Annobon Isl. [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; Cameroon [I]; Dominica; Central African Republic [I]; Northern Marianas [I] (Agrihan [I], Pagan [I], Saipan [I], Tinian [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I]; Saint Lucia
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Ceiba
Species pentandra
Author citation (L.) Gaertn.
Scientific name Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/bomcepen.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood without color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun/hell

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC 5
Beetle S
Termites S
Lithophagous molluscs S
Remarks Nicht beständig gegen Lyctus

Impregnability according to EN 350

Impregnability of heartwood 1
Impregnability of the sapwood 1
Width of the sapwood x

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 290.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 320.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 350.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Fuma;  Cottonwood

Ceiba pentandra , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Thorns

Fuma;  Cottonwood

CBPN , Thorns , ©Dennis Wilson