Q: As the co-director of the Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, I am attempting to obtain a Ceiba tree to honor the woman ...

Centuries-old Ceiba pentandra marked where formerly enslaved people had prayed upon arrival in west Africa A centuries-old tree that served as a historic symbol in Sierra Leone has been felled during ...

Ceiba pentandra commonly called Kapok tree in Asia and Silk Cotton tree in the Caribbean originated from the American tropics, Asia and Africa Silk Cotton trees can be found in many Caribbean ...

An amazing tropical tree is the kapok (Ceiba pentandra), a member of the Bombacaceae or Bombax family. The kapok is often the tallest tree in the rainforest. The trunk is gray and has large spines.

It might be time to say goodbye to the iconic kapok tree at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB). The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) has long since been valued by the school and its ...

Silk cotton (Ceiba pendantra) trees are having a productive spell now in Chennai, and they better make the most of it, as they would soon slip into obscurity and that would be their lot when they are ...

A massive Bombax ceiba tree, estimated to be 60 feet tall and 90 years old, toppled during Hurricane Irma in Coral Gables, covering the entire street. Natalie Viglucci stands on the fallen trunk that ...

Since the late 1970s, this writer has encountered numerous silk cotton trees that inspire awe because of their immense size and the personal stories as well as myths related by huntsmen and estate men ...