| Scientific Name |
Ceiba pentandra Linn. Gaertn. |
| Trade Name |
Kapok |
| Local Name |
Panji-ilavu, Panya |
| Family |
Bombacaceae |
| Tree Size |
Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) |
15 - |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) |
50 - |
| Tree Distribution |
Native of Tropical America and Africa; often grown in homesteads and in plantations |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction |
Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour |
Greyish-white to greyish-brown |
| Heartwood Colour |
Greyish-white to greyish-brown |
| Hardness |
Very soft to soft |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green |
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| Weight |
Very light to light |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content |
210 - |
| Texture |
Coarse |
| Grain |
Straight |
| Growth Rings |
Scarcely distinct |
| Porosity |
Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size |
Large to moderately large |
| Vessel Arrangement |
Mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or more |
| Vessel Diameter |
- |
| Vessel Element Lenght |
- |
| Perforation |
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| Pit Outline |
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| Pit Size |
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| Vessel Ray Pitting |
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| Ray Nature |
Fine to moderately broad, rather widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type |
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| Ray Number |
- |
| Ray Height |
- |
| Fibre Walls |
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| Fiber Length |
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| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) |
136 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) |
23000 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) |
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| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) |
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| Uses |
Catamarams; match-splints and boxes; light packing cases |