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Ceiba insignis

(Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir (1988)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Ceiba

Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 134 (1988)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ceiba insignis Koloa District. National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Lower Valley legume area. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Large tree with thorny trunk and branches, trunk 40 cm d.b.h., bark green. Flowers sweet-scented (6 pm), petals fuchsia pink distally, basally white with purple streaks, column, anthers and style white, stigma pink, nectaries pink-red. Lorence, D.H. 10539 Kauai BISH 2015-10-22
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