Vow Silk Cotton!!!!! we use this for making pillows for little babies On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Bombax ceiba* L., Sp. pl. 1:511. 1753, nom. cons. > Syn: *Bombax malabaricum* DC.; *Gossampinus malabaricus* (DC.) Merr.; > *Salmalia > malabarica* (DC.) Schott & Endl. > > Common names: Indian kapok, red cottontree, red silk-cotton, > silk-cottontree, simal > > Deciduous tree with spiny trunk; leaves palmate compound with 3-7 > elliptic-obovate leaflets; floers solitary, clustered near ends of branches; > flowers dull to bright red; stamens numerous in two whorls; capsules up to > 15 cm long, slightly angled with numerous seeds embedded in wool. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
