kapok tree

kapok tree

A large tropical tree with buttress roots and leaves divided into radiating leaflets; its seed capsules contain silky fibres.

Ceiba pentandra

All languages

English: kapok tree
Norwegian: kapoktre
Japanese: カポック — かぽっく — kapokku
Korean: 양목면 — yangmongmyeon
Spanish: ceiba
French: kapokier
German: Kapokbaum

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Reference sources

Singapore NParks — mature kapok develops large buttresses and loses juvenile prickles, digitately compound five-to-nine leaflet foliage and elongated brown capsules