- Family : BOMBACACEAE
(Bombax Or Kapok Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SEMAL FAMILY (लटकन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Basionym : Bombax pentandra L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
- Common name : Kapok Tree, White Silk Cotton Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Safed Simal (Hindi)
- Bili buruga, Haasige hati mara (Kannada)
- Elavam (Tamil)
- Swetasalmali (Sanskrit)
- Dayna, Kapok, Panjimaram, Poola (Malayalam)
- Salmali, Shameula (Marathi)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : Often planted in hilly plains up to 800m.
- Flower, Fruit : January-June
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, South
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Tropics of the World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 97
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceiba pentandra. Downloaded on 14 February 2025.
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