Kapok
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(k´pk, kp´k), name for a tropical tree of the family Bombacaceae (bombax family) and for the fiber (floss) obtained from the seeds in the ripened pods.
Kapoks are drought deciduous. This means they shed most or all of their leaves during the tropical dry season. The dry season occurs during the northern hemisphere winter. The leaves are palmate and compound. The 5-9 leaflets are 7-8 cm long and 1-3.
This is an impressive, extremely handsome tropical tree that is the source of kapok. It makes a massive buttressed specimen, up to 50m (160ft) high with an immense spreading crown so its breadth is equivalent to its height.
KAPOK - Ceiba pentandra
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Growing Rare Fruit in Northern Calif. By John M. Riley. 1973 YB, pp 67-90 ...
KAPOK TREE
The kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra or Eriodendron anfractuosum, is a large, deciduous, tropical tree that is native to tropical America, Africa, and the East Indies.
Bombax ceiba, Salmalia malabarica, Bombax malabaricum (Kapok tree, Family: Bombacaceae)
Bombax ellipticum (Shaving Brush Tree, Family: Bombacaceae) ...
On ripening, pods open to expose masses of white cottony or kapok-like material that ultimately fall to the floor far below and perhaps act as a barrier to rodents seeking the tiny seeds.
Otros usos: Los frutos contienen una masa densa de fibras (kapok) que se usa para acolchamientos (almohadas, salvavidas, instalaciones acústicas, etc.). La madera, blanda y ligera, se usa para diversas aplicaciones.
It is a Kapok substitute, used in Life Jackets or as a stuffing material[112]. Very water repellent, it can yield up to 550 kilos per hectare[112]. The floss has also been used to mop up oil spills at sea.
It turns out that milkweed floss is a hollow, wax-coated, flexible fiber six times lighter than wool and ideally suited as a substitute for kapok. The sailors called these life vests "Mae Wests.
Ceiba - Ceiba Trees
Ceiba pentandra - Kapok Tree; Ceiba
Ceiba speciosa - Floss Silk Tree
Durio - Durians
Durio kutejensis - Durian Pulu; Durian Merah; Nyekak; Lai
Durio zibethinus - Durian; Civet Fruit ...
#845 Chorisia speciosa
Common Names: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil
Family: Bombacaceae (bombax or baobab Family)
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Jak fruit, Abuta, Annato, Bitter Melon, Bloodflower, Candlestick Senna, Cat's Claw, Cayenne Pepper, Jatoba, African eggplant, Eggplant, Breadfruit, Desmodium adscendens, Kapok Tree, Eclipta alba, Lemongrass, Mango, Papaya, Passionflower, ...
The roots were used for various diseases of the lungs and thorax and were listed in the U. S. Pharmacopeia in the late 1800s. The follicles were also gathered during World War II for their fluffy seeds that substituted for kapok in emergency ...
 See also: Green, Ceiba Pentandra, Cotton, May, Pink
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