Scientific Name :
Bombax ceiba L.
Synonym :
Bombax ceiba Burm.f.
Bombax aculeatum L.
Common Name : Silk Cotton Tree, Simal, Saanvar
Plant Family : Malvaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : February to March
Flower Colour : Red
Description : Height: 10 to 30 m
Stem: Grey, Hard black conical prickles, branches smooth and delicate
Leaves: Lanceolate, ovate, pointed at apex, stipulate, digitate, 2 to 7 leaflets
Flowers: Sepals 5, persistent, cup shaped, Petals 5, twisted, scarlet, stamens polyadelphous, gynoecium pentacarpellary
Inflorescence: Solitary cymose or cluster cymose
Fruit: Loculicidal capsule, seeds with white silky hairs
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : CH, TL
Distribution Range : Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.
Uses : Wood useful in making match sticks
Fibre from inner bark is used in making rope
