Ceiba insignis | |
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Flower is white with a golden throat | |
Bottle-shaped trunk is covered in heavy prickles | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Ceiba |
Species: | C. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Ceiba insignis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ceiba insignis (syn. Chorisia insignis), the white floss-silk tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to dry tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.[1][2] It has found use as a street tree in scattered cities around the world.[3]