Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ceiba pentandra Safedsemal
Scientific Name and Description
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Bombax cumanense Kunth
Bombax mompoxense Kunth
Bombax orientale Spreng.
Bombax pentandrum L.
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis (Schumach.) A.Chev.
Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill
Ceiba thonningii A.Chev.
Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don
Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G.Don
Eriodendron orientale Kostel.
Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz
Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham.
Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl.
Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze
Eriodendron anfractuosum BC.
Bombax mompoxense Kunth
Bombax orientale Spreng.
Bombax pentandrum L.
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis (Schumach.) A.Chev.
Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill
Ceiba thonningii A.Chev.
Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don
Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G.Don
Eriodendron orientale Kostel.
Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz
Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham.
Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl.
Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze
Eriodendron anfractuosum BC.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | kapok, silk cotton |
| Hindi | hattian, huttian, katan, safed-semul, safedsemal, safedsimul, saphed simal, sufed-semal, sufed-senbal, tula-per |
| Kannada | ala, alada, apoorani, apoorni, apurani, bili booruga, bilibaralu, bilibarlu, bilibooruga, biliburaga, biliburga, biliburuga, booruga, buraga, buragada, burga, buruga, burugada, doodi, doodihatthi, dudi, elava, marali |
| Malayalam | ilavu, mullillapappula, mullillappula, nakuli, pamala, pania, panisla, panja, panni, pannimaram, panniyala, panya, panyi, panyiala, poola, pula |
| Marathi | pandhari, pandresavara, saalmali, safed savara, safedsavara, safetasavara, salmali, samali, shamieula |
| Sanskrit | chirayu, kutasalmali, kutashalmali, kutsitashalmali, moch, rochana, salmali, shalmani, shalmanivrikshah, shvetasalmali, sthirayu, svetashalmali |
| Tamil | acikai, akikai, apurani, ayika , ayikam , biliburfa, calamali, calamirittiran, callaki , callakimaram, camani, camani , canamali#, canamali$, canamali, canamalikam, canamalikamaram, caranamalam, cilesmavarttani, cilettumavarttani, ciracivi, cirancivi, citakapi, citalicimitta, cittanmuki, cittanmukimaram, cukumaranul, cukumaratuli, cukumaratuvi, emanarvalli, icanam, ilakumaram, ilavam, ilavam , ilavam pinchu, ilavamaram, ilavu, ilavu maram, ilavumaram, irakaputpam, iyamanarvalli, kantapalam, kantapalamaram, kariyacu, karukkanam, katicakali, katicakalimaram, kukkati, matacaram, mocacani, mocacanimaram, mocai , mocani, mocaniriyacam, nariyilavamaram, nariyilavu, nattilavu, pancu, panji, panjimaram, piccila, purani , putpapani, terru, terrukam, tolam, tolaya, tulakikam, tulakikamaram, tulam , tulani, tulavirukkam, tuli, tulini, tulipalai, turanimoca, tuyarkantam, ulagamaram, ulakumaram, ulavamaram |
| Telugu | booruga, buraga, buruga, burugu, buruyasauna, cadami, kadami, poor, pur, tella buruga, tellaburaga, thellabooraga |
| Urdu | sambal |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
FLORA OF ASSAM Author - KANJILAL & BOR
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ceiba pentandra. (2024, June 15). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_pentandra