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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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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 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...
- it was
introduced , it was also
called dàguǒ mùmián [lit. "large-fruited
Bombax ceiba"] in the
early days.
Later it was
discovered that the
filaments of...
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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...
- 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...
- 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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Calliobasis bombax is a
species of
small deep-water sea
snail in the
family Seguenziidae. It is
endemic to
Australia with
records from the B**** Strait...
