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 ...

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 ...

Several species of Ceiba (pronounced SAY-ba) from Tropical America are called silk floss trees, and all are deciduous, fall and winter blooming plants that perform well in Central Florida. These ...

A giant rainforest tree is helping scientists understand similarities between African and South American rainforests, reports research published in the journal Molecular Ecology. Kapok dispersal ...