PIONEER AGRO CEIBA PENTANDRA TREE (SEED)

• Ceiba Pentandra is a tall, deciduous tree bearing short, sharp prickles all along the trunk and branches; supported by pronounced buttresses at the base.
• It has a light crown and is leafless for a long period. The leaf is glabrous and digitate, being composed of 5, 7 or 9 leaflets.

Seed standardization report:

• Common Name : Ceiba pentandra
• Flowering Season :Jan-may
• Fruiting Season :Sep-oct
• No. of Seeds per kg : 16000
• Germination Capacity :40%
• Time Taken for Initial Germination : 6 days
• Time Taken for Germination Capacity : 25days
• Germinative Energy : 30%
• Plant Percentage : 30%
• Purity Percentage : 100%
• Moisture Percentage : 8%
• No. of Seedling Per Kg : 4800

Pretreatments recommended:

• Soak seeds in cow dung slurry for 24 hours before sowing.