Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Barenbrug with finely divided leaves

with finely divided leaves

The fruits are egg shaped and about 4-10 centimetres long

The scientific name commemorates the French missionary and naturalist Armand David

Stork's Bill which refers to the rostrum (beak-like extension) of the schizocarp (dry splitting fruit into two or more parts) which resembles the bill of a stork

Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Barenbrug with finely divided leavesBombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. This tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage. It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its