Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Bombax ceiba, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded9 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 511 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Northern-cottonwood	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1200 cm	1200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 873, 882	Sourced
Flower color	empty	brown, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Maximum height	2000 cm	2000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 873, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 818, 879, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	sep, oct, nov, dec	sep, oct, nov, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	160 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	28.4 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record

Bombax ceiba L., 1753 25% complete

Northern-cottonwood

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