What is Bombax?
Bombax is the family of trees in the Mallow family, Malvaceae, which also includes the edges and hibiscus. Trees in the family bombax are originally part of the southern, East and Southeast Asia, Western Africa and North Australia. The exact number of species is questionable, but there are at least three. Common names for plants in this family include a tree of red cotton and a silk cotton tree. However, the fibers are very short, but for use in textiles are bombax impractical. These fibers are mainly used as stuffing, for example for pillows or mattresses. Some bombax species are also used as a source of food or traditional drugs. Wood is also used occasionally, but is very light and soft, so its application is rather limited. In some cases the curtain 200 feet (60 meters). The trees are deciduous and lose their leaves at the end of autumn or winter. Their red flowers bloom at the end of winter until early spring before the leaves grew back. Many species have a suitcase covered with hipthose that prevent animals from damage the plant.
b. Ceiba is the most cultivated and most famous member of the family. It is originally from northern Australia and parts of Asia, but is grown in tropical and subtropical areas of the world for its attractive flowers. b. Ceiba flower is used as a symbol of the Chinese city of Guangzhou and the Taiwanese town of Kaohsiung. Flowers are traditionally considered a sign of warm weather that comes on Tai -wan.
b. Buonopozense is a species of origin in the rainforests of West Africa. His ordinary names include Gold Coast Bombax and red-blooming silk cottage tree. It is similar to the appearance as b. Ceiba , although the trees are generally not as high.
almost every part of b. Buonopozense has traditional use in its native environment. Wood can be used to make light vessels, flowers and fruits are usedAs food and leaves, they are traditionally fed into farm animals. The tips growing on the trunk can be burned and mixed with butter to create a traditional cure for swelling. It is assumed that the smoke of the burning bark drains evil spirits and the dried sap can be burned as incense.