Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Ceiba pentandra

SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree pen-TAN-druh -- meaning, five stamens

commonly known as: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • Arabic: shajaret al kutun • Arabic, in Chad: rum • Bambara: bàna, bànan • Bengali: schwetsimul • Burmese: thinbawle • Chinese: 吉貝木棉 Ji bei mu mian, 爪哇木棉 Zhua wa mu mian • Danish: kapoktræ, silkebomuldstræ • Dutch: kapokboom • Finnish: capoc, kapokkipuu, seiba • French: arbre coton, arbre kapok, bois coton, capoquier, cotonnier de l'Inde, faux cotonnier, fromager, kapokier, kapokier de Java • French, in Latin America: arbre de Dieu • German: baumwollbaum, fuma, kapokbaum, wollbaum • Greek: Kαπόκ kapok • Hausa: riimaayee, riimii • Hindi: katan, सफेद सावरा safed savara, सफेद सेमुल safed semul, सफेद सिमल safed simal, सफेद सिमुल safed simul • Ilonggo / Hiligaynon: doldol • Italian: albero del kapok, pianta del kapok • Japanese: キワタカポック kiwata kapokku • Khmer: koo, kor • Laotian: kokuiyu, nguiz baanz • Malay: daun randu, kabuk abu, kakabu, kakantrie, mengkapas, pohon randu • Malay, in Indonesia: kapok, kapuk randu, pohon kapok • Malay, in Surinam: kankantri • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം panjimaram, ശീമപ്പൂള siimappuula • Marathi: सफेत सावरा safeta savara • Portuguese: mafumeira, paina, poilão, polão, sumauma da mata, sumauma de terra firme, sumaumeira • Portuguese, in Brazil: arvore-da-lã, arvore-da-seda, barriguda de espinho, mai-das-arvores, paina-lisa, paineira, samaúma-cabeluda, samaúna da várzea, samaúma-lisa, sumaúma-barriguda, sumaúma-branca, sumaúma-da-várzea, sumaúma-de-macaco, sumaúma-rosada, sumaúma-verdadeira • Sanskrit: श्वेत शालमली shweta shalmali • Sinhalese: elavam, imbul, kottapulung, pulung, pulunimbal • Spanish: arbol capoc, arbol de seda, arbol de la seda, capoquero, ceiba juca, mosmote, peem, yuca • Spanish, in Bolivia: hoja de yuca, toborochi • Spanish, in Colombia: bonga, ceiba blanca, ceiba de lana • Spanish, in Mexico: pochota, pochote, yaxché • Spanish, in Peru: ceibo, huimba • Spanish, in Venezuela: ceiba yuca, ceibo jabillo • Swahili: mbuyu, msufi • Swedish: kapok • Tagalog: balios, boboi, buboi, bulak kahoi, bulak sina • Tamil: ilavu, illavam panju, panjirnaram, பஞ்சித்தணக்கு panji tannaku, panjumaram, ல்மலி shalmali, ulagamaram • Telugu: తెల్ల బూరుగ tella buruga • Thai: ง้าว ngao, งิ้วน้อย ngio noi, งิ้วสาย ngio sai (Northern Thailand), งิ้วสร้อย ngio soi, นุ่น nun • Urdu: سيمل semal, شالملي shalmali • Vietnamese: bông gòn • Visayan: boi-boi, bulak dondol, daldol, dogdol, doldol, dondol, gapas, kayo • Yoruba: egun, ogungun • Yoruba, in Nigeria: araba

Common names of in various countries:

Bouma, Nkouma, Ogouma • : Bokuma, Bosengo, Mofumo • : Nfuma, Nkouma, Ogouma • : Bokum • : Basanglai, Bulak-kastila, Gataova, Kasanglai, Kapak, Kapas, Kapas-sanglai, Kapoc, Kapuk, Kulak, Sanglai • : Doum, Odouma

Native to: tropical America