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国花系列:Bombax ceiba（阿根廷）

Latin Name (拉丁名）-----Bombax ceiba

English Name (英文名)----Tree Cotton, Red Kapok Tree

Chinese Name (中文名)---木棉

Family Name (科名) -----Bombacaceae (木棉科)

Habit (習性)----Deciduous tree

Scientific Name: Bombax ceiba

Family: ：Red Silk Cotton Tree

Size,RangeDistribution：Bombacaceae -- Kapok Tree Family

Botanical Description: To 75' or more, spiny trunk. Native to India and dry areas of Asia and Australia. Fast grower from cuttings; can reach up to 140'.

Botanical Description: Roots become strongly buttressed with age. Waxy flower petal are lustrous, red, long, and recurved, stamens are many in two whorls. Birds seek nectar and are pollinators. Usually deciduous. Leaves alternate, palmately compound. Flowers are clustered near the ends of the branches. Fruits is a five-celled woody capsule with many small seeds embedded in floss.

Economic Examples: Tree is grown for its wood on large plantations in India. The floss is commercially important; four-* kilos can be obtained from each tree to be used for life belts, cushions, refrigeration insulation, sound proofing. Yarn can be made for plush and lace. In China, it's woven into garments. Flower buds and calyx are edible. Seed oil is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubrication substances. Tree exudes a gum high in tannin used to halt diarrhea and dysentery.