It is one of the common names given in Peru to a very large tree. It is common in warm areas of Central America, the Caribbean and South America. In Colombia we know it as ceibo, ceiba, bongo, bonga or ceiba bonga. In Bolivia it is called mapajo . In English it is called kapok. Its scientific name is Ceiba pentandra (in Colombia it is also used Bombax mompoxense which means ceiba or bonga of Mompox).
LUPUNA tree of the Amazon and Central America, of a height of 60 to 70 meters, and a huge trunk of up to 3 netros in diameter. It belongs to the family of malvaceae. It is a ceiba of whose seeds, leaves and resin medicinal herbs are produced to cure kidney conditions, fever, asthma, diarrhea and dysentery. In some places in Brazil it is used against cancer and inflammations. It is used to make furniture and formerly for guajiberas canoes and rafts.
