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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.
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 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 ...
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 ...
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
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 paraguayense R.E.Fr. Pseudobombax argentinum , the soroche , is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae . It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , and Paraguay .