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Bombax ceiba

Bombax ceiba
Blooming Bombax ceiba tree in Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Bombax
Species:
B. ceiba
Binomial name
Bombax ceiba
Synonyms[2]

Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree. More specifically, it is sometimes known as Malabar silk-cotton tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok,[3] both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra.

This Asian tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage.[4] It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its wood is too soft to be very useful.

  1. ^ Barstow, M. (2020). "Bombax ceiba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T61781914A61781917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T61781914A61781917.en.
  2. ^ "TPL, treatment of Bombax ceiba L." The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  3. ^ Brown, Stephen H. (2011). "Red Silk-Cotton; Red Cotton Tree; Kapok" (PDF). Gardening Publications A-Z. University of Florida.
  4. ^ "Shimul". Banglapedia. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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