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...
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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;...
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Ceiba pentandra (redirect from Bombax cumanense)
known in English as kapok, a Malay-derived name which originally applied to Bombax ceiba, a native of tropical Asia. In Spanish-speaking countries the tree...
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Cochlospermum religiosum (redirect from Bombax gossypium)
Binomial name Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston Synonyms List Bombax gossypium L. Bombax religiosum L. Cochlospermum balicum Boerl. Cochlospermum gossypium...
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Bombax costatum is a tree usually reaching a height of 5 – 15 m. It flowers in the dry season before the leaves appear. Its distribution is restricted...
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Bombax anceps is a tree species now in the Malvaceae that was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre from its range in Indochina. The subspecies B. a...
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Pachira aquatica (redirect from Bombax macrocarpum)
Malvaceae Genus: Pachira Species: P. aquatica Binomial name Pachira aquatica Aubl. Synonyms Carolinea macrocarpa Bombax macrocarpum Pachira macrocarpa...
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Pachira glabra (redirect from Bombax glabrum)
Malvaceae Genus: Pachira Species: P. glabra Binomial name Pachira glabra Pasq. Synonyms Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) A.Robyns...
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Pseudobombax longiflorum (redirect from Bombax elegans)
1913 Bombax cyathophorum var. longipes Hassl., 1913 Bombax elegans R.E.Fr., Kongl., 1908 Bombax longiflorum f. elegans (R.E.Fr.) Hassl., 1910 Bombax longiflorum...
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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...
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Calliobasis bombax is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae. It is endemic to Australia with records from Bass Strait and...
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the fine fibres from the fruit of the kapok tree Ceiba pentandra in the bombax family Bombacaceae. Kapok is a fibrous material classified along with cotton...
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Rhodognaphalon mossambicense (redirect from Bombax mossambicense)
Rhodognaphalon mossambicense, the East African bombax or wild kapok tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It occurs from southeastern...
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Kapok may also refer to: Trees from which kapok fibre is commonly obtained: Bombax genus, trees and shrubs native to western Africa, the Indian subcontinent...
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hills. Prunus cerasoides (pahiyya), sal (Shorea robusta), silk cotton tree (Bombax ciliata), Dalbergia sissoo, Mallotus philippensis, Acacia catechu, Bauhinia...
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The lower plains contain more open forests, which tend to be dominated by Bombax ceiba in association with Albizzia procera, Duabanga grandiflora, and Sterculia...
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trees, as well as huge, buttressed specimens of Malabar silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba). Indian boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) are apparently found on the island...
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The road was shaded by tall trees. The biggest specimen was that of a bombax tree species. Surrounding the road on both sides were intensive farms which...
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800–852 ISO 3166 code TW-KHH Website www.kcg.gov.tw/en (in English) Symbols Flower Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) Tree Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba)...
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Adansonia L. - baobabs Aguiaria Ducke Bernoullia Oliv. Bombax L. Camptostemon Mast. Catostemma Benth. Cavanillesia Ruiz & Pav. Ceiba Mill. Chiranthodendron...
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Syzygium cumini Plakṣadvīpa Ikṣurasa Ficus religiosa Śālmaladvīpa Suroda Bombax tree Kuśadvīpa Ghṛta Desmotachya bipinnata Krauñcadvīpa Kṣīroda The Krauñca...
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(Ceiba pentandra) that is an historic symbol of Freetown in Sierra Leone Bombax ceiba, a plant species commonly known as cotton tree Gossypium, the cotton...
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purpurea, Mallotus philippensis, Cinnamomum tamala, Actinodaphne obvata, Bombax ceiba, Sterculia villosa, Dillenia indica, Dillenia pentagyna, Careya arborea...
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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...
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Silk-cotton tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Bombax ceiba, native to the Asian tropics Ceiba pentandra, native to the American...
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favour the inflorescences of mango. They also visit flowers such as those of Bombax, Salmalia for nectar and are sometimes covered in pollen, giving them a...
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Pseudobombax tomentosum (Mart. & Zucc.) A.Robyns Synonyms Bombax martianum K. Schum Bombax martianum subsp. guaraniticum Hassl. Carolinea tomentosa Mart...
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Genus: Pachira Species: P. quinata Binomial name Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W.S.Alverson Synonyms Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand Bombax quinatum Jacq....
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silk floss tree. It belongs to the same family as the baobab; the species Bombax ceiba; and other kapok trees. Another tree of the same genus, Ceiba chodatii...
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