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| Authority - Kunth | Total Number of genera - 30 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 250 |
| Plant forms - Tree | |
| World Distribution - Sub-tropical to tropical. Widespread, especially America | |
| Comments - Has commercial wood., All are trees. Many species grow to become large trees, with Ceiba pentandra the tallest, reaching a height to 70 m. Several of the genera are commercially important, producing timber, edible fruit or useful fibres. The family is noted for some of the softest hardwoods commercially traded, especially Balsa, Ochroma lagopus. | |