Ceiba insignis
{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Malvaceae}}
{{Speciesbox
|image=Ceiba insignis (1).jpg
|image_caption=Flower is white with a golden throat
|image2=Chorisia insignis 001.jpg
|image2_caption=Bottle-shaped trunk is covered in heavy prickles
|genus=Ceiba
|species=insignis
|authority=(Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir
|synonyms=
- Ceiba integrifolia {{small|(Ulbr.) Ravenna}}
- Ceiba mythica {{small|Ravenna}}
- Chorisia insignis {{small|Kunth}}
- Chorisia integrifolia {{small|Ulbr.}}
}}
Ceiba insignis (syn. Chorisia insignis), the white floss-silk tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to dry tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.{{cite POWO |id=945332-1 |title=Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir |access-date=23 September 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://apps.cals.arizona.edu/arboretum/taxon.aspx?id=380 |title=Ceiba insignis |author= |date=2012 |website=apps.cals.arizona.edu |publisher=The University of Arizona |access-date=23 September 2022 }} It has found use as a street tree in scattered cities around the world.{{cite journal |title=The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities |year=2020 |last1=Ossola |first1=Alessandro |last2=Hoeppner |first2=Malin J. |last3=Burley |first3=Hugh M. |last4=Gallagher |first4=Rachael V. |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Leishman |first6=Michelle R. |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=29 |issue=11 |pages=1907–1914 |doi=10.1111/geb.13169 |s2cid=225429443 }}