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Bombax is a genus of mainly tropical trees in the mallow family. They are native to western Africa , the Indian subcontinent , Southeast Asia , and the subtropical regions of East Asia and northern Australia .
Bombax buonopozense, commonly known as the Gold Coast bombax or red-flowered silk cotton tree, is a tree in the mallow family. It is also known in the Dagbani language as Vabga (plural Vabsi ). It is native primarily in West Africa , where it is found in rainforests from Sierra Leone in the northwest, east to Uganda and south to Angola , [ 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 .
Bombax anceps [1] is a tree species now in the Malvaceae that was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre from its range in Indochina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The subspecies B. a. cambodiense has been reverted to species Bombax cambodiense Pierre .
Bombax costatum is a tree usually reaching a height of 5 – 15 m. It flowers in the dry season before the leaves appear. It flowers in the dry season before the leaves appear. Distribution
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 .
Bombax ceiba flower. Bombacaceae were long recognised as a family of flowering plants or Angiospermae. The family name was based on the type genus Bombax.As is true for many botanical names, circumscription and status of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view, and currently the preference is to transfer most of the erstwhile family Bombacaceae to the subfamily Bombacoideae within ...
Bombacaceae (bombax family) Bombax: bombax trees; Bombax buonopozense: Gold Coast bombax; red-flowered silk cotton tree Bombacaceae (bombax family) Bombax ceiba: cotton tree; tree cotton Bombacaceae (bombax family) Ceiba: ceiba trees; Ceiba pentandra: kapok tree; ceiba Bombacaceae (bombax family) Ceiba speciosa: floss silk tree Bombacaceae ...