It is the scientific name of large dimensions and deciduous foliage. It belongs to the family Malvaceae and the genus Ceiba. It receives many common names, according to each region. Common names include : Bottle stick, wool tree, silk tree, bottle tree, belly, drunk, white drunk, chorisia, yuchán, yuchán, cotton, belly stick, painera tree, current painera, painero, comb, toborochi, white toborochi, silk paina, Brazil ceiba, kapok. It is endemic to Peru and Bolivia.