Ceiba speciosa (A.St.- Hill.) Ravenna
Floss Silk tree
Deciduous tree to25 m, 1-2 m in diameter leaves compound 5-7 leaflets flowers pink fruits capsules 20cm long, which contain bean-sized black seeds surrounded by a mass of fibrous, fluffy matter reminiscent of cotton or silk
The cotton inside the capsules, although not as good quality as that of the kapok tree, has been used as stuffing. The wood can be used to make canoes, as wood pulp, and to make paper . The bark has been used to make ropes. The seeds it is possible to obtain vegetable oil.
Chorisia speciosa ASt-Hill
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