Ceiba insignis
White floss-silk tree · also Palo borracho, White silk floss tree
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This species features a unique, eye-catching appearance with a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk and broad, conical spines. It is a drought-tolerant tree with photosynthetic stems, enabling excellent water storage. Its deep and extensive root system makes it unsuitable for planting near buildings or sidewalks.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 720.02%—16 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 50 ft
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Roots
- Invasive
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 16 in, mean 18 in, 90th percentile 30 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
- Southern Pacific dry forests
Other Ceiba in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
