Bombax ceiba is literally known as "cotton-tree flowers" in Cantonese. It plays a vital role in Southern Chinese, especially Guangzhou Cantonese culture. It is the official flower of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong in southern China. Flowering season takes places from late February to early May. Fruiting can start as early as March.

2021年7月15日 · The Silk Cotton or Ceiba Tree [Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.] is one of the largest trees in the American tropics. The tree has played an important role in the spiritual and economic lives of the peoples who live in the circum-Caribbean region.

The tree is cultivated for its cottonlike seed fibre, particularly in south-east Asia, and is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, silk-cotton or samauma. The tree grows up to 240 ft (73 m) tall as confirmed by climbing and tape drop [4] with reports of Kapoks up to 77 meters (252 feet) tall. [5] .

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 tropics and west Africa; Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics

Other articles where silk cotton tree is discussed: “Flying” Trees: For example, the kapok tree, found in tropical forests throughout the world, is an emergent—a tree whose crown rises well above the canopy. The kapok’s towering height enables it …

2019年3月28日 · The Ceiba tree (Ceiba pentandra and also known as the kapok or silk-cotton tree) is a tropical tree native to North and South America and Africa. In Central America, the ceiba had great symbolic importance to the ancient Maya, and its name in the Mayan language is Yax Che (“Green Tree” or “First Tree”).

2023年4月15日 · Ceiba pentandra is a native of Central America, the Caribbean Basin and northern South America. The ceiba — the original indigenous name, and the one adopted by the Spanish — kapok, or silk cotton tree is also found in West …

2025年1月10日 · Also known as the silk cotton tree, Bombax Ceiba is a fast-growing tree native to India. It is known for its distinctive, spiky red flowers and its fluffy seed pods, which contain a cotton-like substance that was once used for stuffing pillows and mattresses.

2025年1月19日 · The Kapok Tree, also known by names like Red Silk Cottontree, Cotton Tree, Malabar Silk-cotton Tree, and Red Cotton Tree, is a fast-growing woody species belonging to the Malvaceae family.

Ceiba pentandra, commonly known as kapok or silk-cotton tree, is a fast-growing (to 13’ per year), deciduous (leaves drop during the dry season) tropical tree of the Bombax family that typically matures to 75-125’, but infrequently soars to as much as 230’ tall with a broad-spreading, somewhat flattened crown consisting of nearly ...