Kapok Tree, Ceiba Pentandra, in Rainforest of Kakum National Park, Ghana, Africa

Floss silk tree (Ceiba speciosa), Botanical Garden on El Nabatat Island (Kitchener's Island), Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

immature fruits of Bombax ceiba used as vegetable and having medicinal properties

Woman in a hammock on a veranda, La Ceiba, Honduras, Central America

Students of the Escuela Ceiba school staging an election campaign, panel discussion, as part of their social studies class prior to the upcoming parliamentary elections, Lomas de Santa Faz slum, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

Citizens take turns circling a ceiba tree for 24 hours on November 15th to celebrate the founding of Havana in 1519 on this site, Cuba