BOTANICAL RECORD
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Ceiba · Kapok tree · Malvaceae
Names & etymology
Names and synonyms
French
French
English
Twi
Ceiba, pentandra and Onyina
Botanical reference
- Ceiba derives from an Indigenous American name; pentandra refers to five stamens. Onyina is documented in Twi. The name used specifically in Busua remains to be recorded.
Documentation and strength of evidence
Documentation: Not assessed
Claimed effect: Not evaluated
Record sources 10
Sources and origins
Cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) — Ghana
- Publication year
- 2016
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Plant-health advisory factsheet
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Limitations
General guidance for Ghana; no diagnosis at Odo Valley.
Magic plants in the south of Ghana
- Author or institution
- Britt Myren
- Publication year
- 2011
- Source link
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- Type
- Ethnobotanical field report
- Geographic origin
- Southern Ghana
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Limitations
Research internship report; documents accounts and beliefs without demonstrating therapeutic efficacy.
Extreme long-distance dispersal of the lowland tropical rainforest tree Ceiba pentandra L. (Malvaceae) in Africa and the Neotropics
- Author or institution
- Dick CW, Bermingham E, Lemes MR, Gribel R
- Publication year
- 2007
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03341.x
- Type
- Research article
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Limitations
Population genetic study; does not establish the origin of Odo’s trees.
Ceibas at Odo Valley and local history around Busua
- Author or institution
- JB
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Direct account
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
- Provenance and context
- Account shared on 15 September 2026: about four naturally regenerating trees, already approximately 25 m tall and currently the largest on the land. Many Ceibas around Busua were reportedly felled during the last 50–100 years.
Limitations
Count and height are approximate. The felling history is a local account, without a verified historical inventory. Tree ages and the start of regeneration are unknown.
Ceiba pentandra — Agroforestree Database 4.0
- Author or institution
- Orwa C, Mutua A, Kindt R, Jamnadass R, Anthony S
- Publication year
- 2009
- Source link
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- Type
- Documentary reference
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Ceiba pentandra — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Source link
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- Type
- Documentary reference
- Page, table or passage
- Accepted name, family and distribution
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Ceiba pentandra — NParks Flora & Fauna Web
- Author or institution
- National Parks Board, Singapore
- Source link
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- Type
- Documentary reference
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Physicochemical and Antioxidant Characteristics of Kapok (Ceiba pentandra Gaertn.) Seed Oil
- Author or institution
- Anwar F, Rashid U, Shahid SA, Nadeem M
- Publication year
- 2014
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11746-014-2445-y
- Type
- Research article
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Limitations
Chemical oil analysis; does not validate the safety of oil pressed at Odo.
Ceiba pentandra — PROTA
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Documentary reference
- Page, table or passage
- Origin, uses and safety limitations
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Hypoglycemic properties of aqueous bark extract of Ceiba pentandra in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
- Author or institution
- Ladeji O, Omekarah I, Solomon M
- Publication year
- 2003
- Source link
- View source ↗
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00321-5
- Type
- Research article
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-15
Limitations
Animal study; this study validates no human therapeutic dose.