Scientific Name :
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Synonym :
Bombax cumanense Kunth.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Common Name : Kapok, Safed semal, Samali.
Plant Family : Malvaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : February to March
Flower Colour : White
Description : Height: Upto 20 m
Stem: Green, smooth horizontally branched, exudates, watery and sticky
Leaves: Lanceolate, long petiolate, 5 to 6 leaflets
Flowers: Calyx 5, petals 5, five carpels many seeded, stigma 5 – lobed
Inflorescence: Racemose
Fruits: Capsule, white silky fibres inside fruits
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : HN, CH, TL
Distribution Range : Mexico to Tropical America.
Uses : Kapok cultivated for its significance as stuffing materials
