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Ceiba is the name of a genus of many species of large trees found in tropical areas, including Mexico, Central America, South America, The Bahamas, Belize and the Caribbean, West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
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Ceiba and is
The central part of the Caribbean lowlands, east of La Ceiba, is a narrow coastal plain only a few kilometers wide.
Both Puerto Cortés, the country's largest port, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras's industrial capital, are located here, as is La Ceiba, the third largest city in the country.
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. pentandra var.
Ceiba pentandra is used as an additive to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
In La Ceiba in Honduras, Carnival is held on the fourth Saturday of every May to commemorate San Isidro.
The best-known, and most widely cultivated, species is Kapok, Ceiba pentandra.
The Maya civilization believed, Yaaxché, a concept of the central world tree is often depicted as a Ceiba trunk, which connects the planes of the Underworld ( Xibalba ), the terrestrial realm and the skies.
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 Tree Park located in San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico ; its centerpiece is the historic Ceiba de Ponce, a 500 year old " Ceiba pentandra " tree associated with the founding of the city.
Founded in 1838, the Puerto Rican town of Ceiba is also named after this tree.
Ceiba is also the national tree of Guatemala.
The most important Ceiba in Guatemala is known as La Ceiba de Palín Escuintla which is over 400 years old.
In Caracas, Venezuela there is a 100 year old ceiba tree in front of the San Francisco Church knownas La Ceiba de San Francisco and is an important element in the history of the city.
Ceiba pentandra is the central theme in the book titled, The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.
Fajardo () is a small city in Puerto Rico located in the east region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Ceiba and east of Luquillo. Fajardo is spread over 7 wards and Downtown Fajardo ( commonly called by the locals " Fajardo Pueblo "), which serves as the administrative center of the city.
The capital is the port city of La Ceiba.
La Ceiba is known as the night life city in the Atlántida department.
Ceiba and name
Ceiba should not be confused with the vernacular name ceibo ( Erythrina crista-galli ), the national tree of Argentina and Uruguay.
Ceiba derives its name from an Indian word Seyba, which is the name for a famous tree that grows in the island, the Ceiba pentandra ,( Kapok ).
Ceiba and genus
Recent botanical opinion incorporates Chorisia within Ceiba, raising the number of species from 10 to 20 or more, and puts the genus as a whole within the family Malvaceae.
Ceiba species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix ceibae which feeds exclusively on the genus.
Ceiba is a genus of trees.
Another tree of the Ceiba genus, C. chodatii, often receives the same common names.
* Ceiba gallery-Many pictures of trees of the Ceiba genus.
Ceiba and many
La Ceiba is home to many public schools, among the largest is Escuela Francisco Morazán along Avenida San Isidro, which is considered the main street of the city.
There are also many private schools in La Ceiba.
The area around La Ceiba has many parks and natural reserves.
It took many years for the United States Government to become convinced of the need for an air base in Ceiba.
Ceiba and species
For example several Amazonian tribes of eastern Peru believe deities live in Ceiba tree species throughout the jungle.
" Two species predominate, but sources disagree on their identification: the larger is either the silk-cotton tree ( Ceiba pentandra ) or thitpok Tetrameles nudiflora, and the smaller is either the strangler fig ( Ficus gibbosa ).
Many species grow to become large trees, with Ceiba pentandra the tallest, reaching a height to 70 m. Several of the genera are commercially important, producing timber, edible fruit or useful fibres.
The nest lining of a nest in Sri Lanka that was studied by Casey Wood was found to be lined with lint from Euphorbia, Ceiba pentandra and Bombax malabaricum species.
The Rio Abajo State Forest ( Bosque Estatal Rio Abajo ) is a forest reserve shared with Arecibo and home to 223 plants and wildlife species including: native Ceiba ( Ceiba pentandra ), Asian teaks ( Tectona spp.
The silk floss tree ( Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa ), is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America.
Ceiba and large
* La Ceiba: A large and old Ceiba tree on a street corner at the west of the city.
Favorite nectar sources include the flowers of large trees such as Inga, Erythrina, and Ceiba or kapok.
He also established that Ceiba as a town would serve as an economic and tourist center for eastern Puerto Rico, and that converting the former military base into a civil airport would be part of a plan to open seven or eight large airports in Puerto Rico.
Buttress roots of an especially large Ceiba tree near shore of Amazon River, close to Iquitos, Peru.
Ceiba and trees
Conspicuous trees at the Tikal park include gigantic kapok ( Ceiba pentandra ) the sacred tree of the Maya ; Tropical cedar ( Cedrela odorata ), and Honduras Mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla ).
Guaiacum officinale, Coccoloba venosa, Ceiba pentandra, and Capparis cynophallophora are common trees in coastal dry forests.
Ceiba and found
In the surroundings of the legendary Ceiba de Ponce, broken pieces of indigenous pottery, shells, and stones were found to confirm the presence of Taino Indians long before the Spaniards that latter settled in the area.
File: LaPochotaChiapa1. jpg | Ceiba pentandra found in the center plaza of Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico.
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