Ceiba (Kapok Tree)

Ceiba pentandra  Seeds per pack ~ 10  Germination: 98%  Packed for 2025 Description from our collaborators at Experimental Farm Network: "Pronounced 'SAY-buh', and also called kapok, Java cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton, or samauma, the legendary ceiba is tropical tree that's also one of the largest members of the mallow-family (which includes much smaller plants like hibiscus, cotton, and okra). It grows very tall, and sometimes the lower portions of the tree can grow as large as a house. Native to Central America and northern South America, it has become widespread through the tropics — often spread by people, but also, it's believed, by floating across the ocean in its buoyant pods. This is an important plant to dozens of cultures, as the many names listed below demonstrate. Ceiba has myriad uses including food (edible seed oil and floral nectar), medicine (diuretic, aphrodisiac, for headaches, and type II diabetes), lumber (light construction, paper pulp, plywood, rafts & canoe