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Sourced5 Source not recorded8 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Gaertn.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244 (1791)	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	1791	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White silk cottontree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to Trop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1720 cm	1720 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 211 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 34, 64, 92, 112, 214, 288, 473, 479, 673, 708, 873, 909, 910	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350, 668	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Growth rate	empty	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Inflorescence type	empty	fascicle · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	6000 cm	6000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 34, 64, 92, 112, 214, 288, 473, 479, 673, 708, 873, 909, 910	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 424, 460	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 34, 89, 110, 445, 822	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	61 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	16.7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412, 424, 960	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	berries_nuts_seeds, fodder, fuelwood, lumber, posts, pulpwood, veneer · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., 1791 16% complete

White silk cottontree

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