Bombax ceiba - Wikipedia
Bombax ceiba is literally known as "cotton-tree flowers" in Cantonese. It plays a vital role in Southern Chinese, especially Guangzhou Cantonese culture. It is the official flower of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. Flowering season takes places from late February to early May. Fruiting can start as early as March.
Bombax ceiba - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Large, showy 5-petaled red to orange-red flowers (each to 6 to 7 inches long) bloom singly or in clusters for about one month from February through April. Palmate green leaves (to 24 inches long), each leaf having 5 to 7 smooth, leathery, acuminate, lanceolate to elliptic leaflets. Horizontal to upright branches in tiered whorls.
Bombax ceiba - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Bombax ceiba, commonly known as red silk-cotton tree, is a large, spiny, deciduous tree (briefly deciduous during the flowering period) that typically matures to 60-75’ tall and to 40-60’ wide, but may soar to as much as 150’ tall in optimum growing environments.
Bombax ceiba L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food and for fuel and food.
Malabulak Tree - Forestry.com
2024年10月25日 · The Malabulak tree (Bombax ceiba), known for its vibrant red flowers and cultural significance, plays a vital role in ecosystems and traditional uses in Southeast Asia.
Bombax - Wikipedia
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 regions of East Asia and northern Australia. It is distinguished from the genus Ceiba, which has whiter flowers.
Bombax ceiba, Red Silk Cotton Tree - University of Florida
2020年1月24日 · Bombax ceiba, Red Silk Cotton Tree. An absolutely huge tree for parks and golf courses. The trunk is thorny when young and smoothes out with age. Be sure to pay particular attention to pruning this large tree. Showy flowers appear each year to grace this wonderful tropical, while leaves are mostly absent.