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Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil.
Pl. Usuel. Bras. t. 63 1828.
Family: BOMBACACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna
Onira 3: 46 1998. Ravenna

Chorisia speciosa (Ceiba speciosa) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
Aloe barbadensis and Chorisia speciosa.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna
Onira 3: 46 1998.
Synonymy: 4
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Silk Floss Tree, Brazil kapok
ARABIC ( لعربية ): قابوق جميل
CANTONESE (粵語): 美人樹
CATALAN (Català): Corísia
CHINESE (中文): 美人樹
FINNISH (Suomi): pullokapokki, pullokapokkipuu
FRENCH (Français): arbre bouteille
GERMAN (Deutsch): Florettseidenbaum
GUARANI (Avañe’ẽ): arbre bouteille
HEBREW (עברית): כוריזיה הדורה
HUNGARIAN (Magyar): hernyóselyemfa, brazíliai kapokfa
ITALIAN (Italiano): falso kapok
JAPANESE (日本語): トックリキワタ
LITHUANIAN (Lietuvių): Puošnusis kapokmedis
NEPALESE (Nepal bhasa नेपाल भाषा): घ्याम्पे रूख
POLISH ( Polski): Puchowiec wspaniały
PORTUGUESE (Português): paineira
RUSSIAN (Русский): , Хоризия великолепная, Сейба великолепная
SPANISH (Español): palo borracho, árbol botella, toborochi, árbol de la lana, samohu, palo rosado
UKRAINIAN (Українська): Сейба розкішна, Хорізія розкішна


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Chorisia speciosa Paraguay. (Ceiba speciosa) Photo by: Alexander Arzberger
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