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Bombax species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix crateracma which feeds exclusively on Bombax ceiba. The tree appears on the flag of Equatorial Guinea. The tree fibers are 100% cellulose, able to float, impervious to water, and have a low thermal conductivity.
The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that the tree was at that time known as Bombax malabaricum, its common names included "Simool Tree" or "Malabar Silk-cotton Tree of India", and that the calyx of the flower-bud was eaten as a vegetable in India. [5] [page needed]
Shame plant لجونتی باریک Lajwanti Bareek Mimosa pudica: Silk cotton tree موصلی سینبھل Musli Senbhal Bombax malabaricum: Smearwort زراوندمدحرج Zaravand Mudharij Aristolochia rotunda: Snake root اسرول Asrol Rauwolfia serpentina: Soap nut ریٹھے Reethe Sapindus trifoliatus: Soap pod wattle سکا کایی ...
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Bombax ceiba, a red-flowering tree, native to parts of tropical Asia, northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands; previously also known as Bombax malabaricum, the 'Malabar kapok' Ceiba pentandra, a native tree of the tropical Americas and West Africa with white flowers, cultivated particularly in south-east Asia for its seed fibre
Called "commence growing," air plants plants pull all the minerals and water they need from the air, and only use their roots to stabilize themselves by attaching to nearby trees–without zapping ...
The tree and the cotton-like fluff obtained from its seed pods are commonly known in English as kapok, a Malay-derived name which originally applied to Bombax ceiba, a native of tropical Asia. [3] In Spanish-speaking countries the tree is commonly known as " ceiba " and in French-speaking countries as fromager .
Rhodognaphalon mossambicense, the East African bombax or wild kapok tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It occurs from southeastern Kenya through the coastal and Eastern Arc forests of Tanzania to northern Mozambique and Malawi .