Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 66, 18 Oct 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4953609

    Occurrence ID: 02bf80ec-594a-485d-93d4-b667274d9804

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 66	BOMBACACEAE
Ceiba pentandra
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, 1°17’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Emergent tree, 61m tall. Tall buttresses.
Straight, cylindrical bole. Very fibrous,
gray, hard bark with sharp spines. Slash
cream-colored, turning brown. Palmate
leaves; 5-14 narrowly elliptic leaflets with
glands on blade; margin entire; glabrous.
S. Kisseadoo	18	Oct	1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
04953609