Difference between Ceiba Tree and Silk Cotton Tree

CEIBA TREE vs SILK COTTON TREE: NOUN

Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

Massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber

Poinciana, Myrtles, Verdure, Sepulchers, Uncarved, Pulcherrima, Banyan, Splendorous, Breadfruit tree, White silk cotton tree, Silk cotton tree, God tree, Ceiba pentandra, Bombay ceiba, Kapok

Psd, Bergamot, Pad, Umbrella, Net, Thread, Red silk cotton, Bombax malabarica, Durian, Bombax ceiba, Balsa, Red silk cotton tree, Simal, Ceiba, Kapok

Ex voto, Flower petal, Ixora, Paradisiacal, Sabal, Pachacamac, Poinciana, Myrtles, Verdure, Sepulchers, Uncarved, Banyan, Splendorous, Breadfruit tree, Kapok

Spin, Fiber, Union, Raw, Threaded, Cypress, Psd, Pad, Bergamot, Umbrella, Net, Durian, Balsa, Ceiba, Kapok

Very few people splashed through the mud to the family mausoleum, protected by a colonial ceiba tree whose branches spread over the cemetery wall.
Shortly after the curse had been lifted, the great ceiba tree sprouted tiny buds along all its branches.
According to the Mesoamerican world view, the human body was equivalent to a sacred tree, which was the ceiba tree for the ancient Maya.
Kapok tree, also known as ceiba tree, is deciduous tree that belongs to the mallow family.

Old pictures of the Holttum building often shows it pictured with an old kapok (silk-cotton) tree.