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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...
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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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    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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    Binomial name Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston Synonyms List Bombax gossypium L. Bombax religiosum L. Cochlospermum balicum Boerl. Cochlospermum gossypium...
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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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    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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    Malvaceae Genus: Pachira Species: P. aquatica Binomial name Pachira aquatica Aubl. Synonyms Carolinea macrocarpa Bombax macrocarpum Pachira macrocarpa...
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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • (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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    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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    Bombax ceiba, Guangzhou's official flower...
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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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    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Pachira quinata
    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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  • will be on farmland. Species include teak, red sanders, tamarind, munaga, bombax, eucalyptus, bamboo, and subabool. Farmers will do the planting and maintenance...
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    and maize (Zea mays). It also attacks trees including silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba), kapok (Ceiba pentandra), teak (Tectona grandis) and the portia tree...
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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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    purpurea, Mallotus philippensis, Cinnamomum tamala, Actinodaphne obvata, Bombax ceiba, Sterculia villosa, Dillenia indica, Dillenia pentagyna, Careya arborea...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Pseudobombax tomentosum
    Pseudobombax tomentosum (Mart. & Zucc.) A.Robyns Synonyms Bombax martianum K. Schum Bombax martianum subsp. guaraniticum Hassl. Carolinea tomentosa Mart...
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    regia), koroi (Albizia procera), moj (Archidendron bigeminum) and himolu (Bombax ceiba). Bamboo covers an area of over 300 hectares. A herd of around 100...
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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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