| Benbax ceiba, a large tree with spongy, light wood, that has immense bunches of purple flowers. |
| The building, inspired by the sacred Mayan ceiba tree, houses a wide collection of Mayan artefacts. |
| The tree most often used for these rituals is the ceiba, known as nkunia nsambi, the branch of god. |
| A balza raft was built out of large trunks of the Bombax ceiba, which, being light wood, was the best for the purpose. |
| Individuals were most readily observed on the buttresses of some of the gigantic mahogany and ceiba trees. |
| I tugged at my chains, of course, but they held me fast, secured not to the posts of the bed but to the great ceiba pillars that rose out of the shadows at the four corners of the room to disappear into the ceiling above. |
