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Descriptor English: Ceiba
Descriptor Spanish: Ceiba
Descriptor Ceiba
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia BOMBACACEAE. Se han empleado los finos pelos sedosos que cubren las semillas para flotación, relleno y aislamiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ceiba
Descriptor French: Ceiba
Entry term(s): Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandras
Ceibas
Kapok Tree
Kapok Trees
Tree, Kapok
Trees, Kapok
pentandra, Ceiba
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.821.500.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035164
Scope note: A plant genus of the family BOMBACACEAE. The fine silky hairs covering the seeds have been used for floatation, stuffing, and insulation.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36760
Unique ID: D035164
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2018/06/15
Ceiba - Preferred
Concept UI M0406958
Scope note A plant genus of the family BOMBACACEAE. The fine silky hairs covering the seeds have been used for floatation, stuffing, and insulation.
Preferred term Ceiba
Entry term(s) Ceibas
Ceiba pentandra - Narrower
Concept UI M0406959
Preferred term Ceiba pentandra
Entry term(s) Ceiba pentandras
Kapok Tree
Kapok Trees
Tree, Kapok
Trees, Kapok
pentandra, Ceiba



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