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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Ceiba petandra - Kapok Tree




Scientific name: Ceiba pentandra
Common name: The Kapok Tree, Silk Cotton Tree, Java cotton, Java kapok

Family: Malvaceae (previously Bombacaceae)
Category: Tree
Native plant of : South America and Africa

Photographs taken at: SPPK Ipoh

1 comment:

  1. Hi good midnight! I haven't seen an open flower of this tree as all trees here are too tall. I just see the pods and then in the university where i graduated there is an old big tree which produce a lot of kapok fibers in summer to the consternation of those with allergies. We call it Summer Snow there because of the white fibers covering wide areas in the campus.

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Yay! You like flowers too.

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