Ceiba or kapok tree, ceiba pentandra, in tikal national park, guatemala. The ceiba tree ceiba pentandra and also known as the kapok or silkcotton tree is a tropical tree native to north and south america and africa. Its natural home is the emergent layer of the tropical rainforest, where it gets far more sunlight than trees in the thick canopy layer below. At first, 10ml of 95% ethanol and 10ml of diethyl ether were prepared and poured into the. Thus, to study the salt tolerance of ceiba pentandra, the effect of salinity on germination, vigour index of germinated seedlings, growth. Technoeconomic analysis and physicochemical properties of ceiba pentandra as secondgeneration biodiesel based on astm d6751 and en 14214 by n.
It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 17 38c, but can tolerate 12 40c. After 15 years, we benefited to 88,700 people but ceiba pentandra will benefit to 52000 persons by year, more people will be changing their lifestyles, from childhood learning the importance of respecting our grandmother earth, additional documentation. Fatty acid profile and quality parameters of ceiba pentandra l. Ceiba ii is a pc software that includes the following features. Ceiba pentandra can be a very large tree with a trunk diameter of up to 3m 9. Effective conversion of kapok seed ceiba pentandra oil into. West african plants a photo guide ceiba pentandra l. May 05, 2011 antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging capacity of phenolic extracts from helicteres isora l. Effective conversion of kapok seed ceiba pentandra oil into biodiesel and investigation of effects of catalyst concentrations and chromatographic characterization m. A somewhat smaller variety is found throughout southern asia and the east indies. Among its interesting features are the bulky woody spines that cover the ceiba s trunk while young.
The one i know best is the sacred tree of the maya and the national tree of guatemala, namely ceiba pentandra. A twostep transesterification process is developed to convert the high. It is widely distributed in the tropical, intertropical and subtropical regions of the world and planted as wayside and shade trees alvarado et. Mofijur 4, abd halim shamsuddin 1, hwai chyuan ong 4,5, teuku meurah indra mahlia 4, and s. Because of wide range of uses of ceiba pentandra l. Pdf optimization of catalyst free production of biodiesel. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. Additionally, some of these plants have considerable girth, so called bottle trees and their trunks are usually with buttresses at the base frankham et al. Kapok tree ceiba pentandra close up spikes of trunk, canamina forest, cantanhez national park, guineabissau. Ceiba iitruck mobile dvrvehicles tracking management system. Pdf characterization and thermal decomposition kinetics of. A large or immense tree, the trunk with gray bark, buttressed, usually spiny, cylindrical and smooth far up, deciduous.
Ceiba pentandraa unique environmental theme park globalgiving. Taxonomy and fenology of ceiba pentandra nombre cientifico ceiba pentandra l. Ceiba pentandra is a deciduous tree growing to 50 m 164ft by 30 m 98ft at a fast rate. Antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging capacity of phenolic extracts from helicteres isora l. The main trunk and the branches are crowded with thorns around it. The kapok is a gigantic tree of the tropical forest canopy and emergent layer. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Ceiba pentandra kapok tree, cotton tree, sumama pfaf plant. The acid value of a vegetable oil depends on its free fatty.
In central america, the ceiba had great symbolic importance to the ancient maya, and its name in the mayan language is yax che green tree or first tree. May 25, 2005 bat pollination of kapok tree, ceiba pentandra article pdf available in current science 8810 may 2005 with 1,058 reads how we measure reads. Pdf the ceiba pentandra plant wood was collected from different regions for. Kapok or ceiba tree, ceiba pentandra the most sacred tree. Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order malvales and the family malvaceae previously separated in the family bombacaceae, native to mexico, central america and the caribbean, northern south america, and as the variety c. Antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging capacity of. The ceiba tree is represented by a cross and serves as an important architectural motif in the temple of the cross complex at palenque. Ceiba pentandra grows in the dry, humid, and very humid tropics.
Mar 29, 2019 the ceiba tree ceiba pentandra and also known as the kapok or silkcotton tree is a tropical tree native to north and south america and africa. Among its interesting features are the bulky woody spines that cover the ceibas trunk while young. Its natural distribution has been obscured by its widespread introduction after about 1500. When fully grown is a towering tree, with natural buttresses near. Growth and physiological attribute of ceiba pentandra l. Pdf flowering phenology and pollination biology of ceiba. Bombay ceiba, god tree, ceiba tree, kapok, silkcotton tree, white silkcotton tree type of.
Pdf the flowering and fruiting phenology, floral biology, pollination ecology, and breeding system of the emergent tree ceiba pentandra were studied. Ceiba pentandra synonyms, ceiba pentandra pronunciation, ceiba pentandra translation, english dictionary definition of ceiba pentandra. Jamaluddin 1, teuku meurah indra riayatsyah 2, arridina susan silitonga 3, m. The free carboxylic acid content of unrefined ceibapentandra seed oil was. The kapok tree ceiba pentandra, near the center of the tropical dome, towers above the other plants. Nataraj loganayaki, perumal siddhuraju, and sellamuthu manian department of botany, school of life sciences, bharathiar university, coimbatore, 641046 tn india. A taxonomic species within the family malvaceae the kapok tree, silkcotton tree.
This page was last edited on 22 december 2019, at 16. Common throughout the tropics, the kapok is native to the new world and to africa and was transported to asia. It has worldwide tropical distribution growing scattered with no large concentrations of trees. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as animal food and an ornamental plant. Yaaxche maya ceiba pentandra, is the most sacred tree to the maya, flowers photo belongs to the bombacaceae family. Ceiba pentandra massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss. Woodward the ceiba foundation for tropical conservation pronounced sayba derives its name from ceiba pentandra, a majestic tropical tree and appropriate symbol for the complex biological interactions and human connections with the environment that drive our work. This is a tropical rainforest tree with extremely sharp and dangerous thorns surrounding its trunk in its first years of growth. Although it has been described as introduced by humans in tropical africa, there is no historical evidence of such introduction, and there is strong ecological, botanical and cytological evidence that the tree is native to western and central africa.
The scientific literatures have shown that the root extracts of c. Optimization of catalyst free production of biodiesel from ceiba pentandra kapok oil with high free fatty acid content. Ceiba pentandra kapok tree, cotton tree, sumama pfaf. When time and funding permit, each flower each plant species will have its own page, and its own pdf, and eventually its own ppt so that professors and students have plenty of material on guatemala and honduras, etc to study. May 26, 2014 this is a tropical rainforest tree with extremely sharp and dangerous thorns surrounding its trunk in its first years of growth. Nataraj loganayaki, perumal siddhuraju, and sellamuthu manian department of botany, school of life sciences, bharathiar university, coimbatore, 641046 tn. Kapok, ceiba pentandra, seedhair fibre obtained from the fruit of the kapok tree or the kapok tree itself. The ceiba is sacred to both ancient and modern maya. Hypoglycemic and antihyperglycemic effect of ceiba pentandra. Technoeconomic analysis and physicochemical properties of. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Ceiba pentandra, vegetable oil, quality indexes, fatty acids, fuel properties, benin. The ancient maya of central america believed that a great ceiba tree stood at the center of the earth, connecting the terrestrial world to the spiritworld above. Ceiba pentandra originated in the american tropics. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Buttress like structures on the upper part of the trunk of. Eduardo sacayon has pointed out to me that there are two major species of ceiba in guatemala. The kapok tree ceiba pentandra milwaukee wisconsin. The seed hairs of lcapolc ceiba penlandra on alkaline extraction have. Measurement of free fatty acid ffa the titration method was used to determine the acid value or free fatty acid ffa content in the crude ceiba pentandra oil.
Bat pollination of kapok tree, ceiba pentandra article pdf available in current science 8810 may 2005 with 1,058 reads how we measure reads. In central america, the ceiba had great symbolic importance to the ancient maya, and its name in. Ceiba pentandra definition of ceiba pentandra by the free. Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree o the order malvales an the faimily malvaceae previously separated in the faimily bombacaceae, native tae mexico, central americae an the caribbean, northren sooth americae, an as the variety c. Pdf physicochemical analysis of ceiba pentandra kapok. Pdf evaluation on fiber dimension and chemical composition of. Ceiba tree park is located in san anton, ponce, puerto rico. This project has provided additional documentation in a pdf file projdoc. Cultivated for its kapok the hairs of the carpel walls, used in stuffing mattresses etc. Jul 15, 2014 this page was last edited on 22 december 2019, at 16. Ceiba or kapok trees at the hacienda chichens gardens and nature reserve grow from 45 to a 100 feet tall.