Author: | Carl
Linnaeus, 1753 |
Family: |
MALVACEAE |
Origin: |
Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia,
China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Island,
Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern
Territory; Australia, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi
+ Sumatera; Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
Soil: |
Anything |
Water:
|
Medium-Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium-Maximum |
Thickness: |
50-100 Centimetres |
Height: |
20-30 Meters |
Flower:
|
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Cotton
Tree. Silk Cotton Tree, Semul |
Synonyms: |
Bombax
malabaricum,
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1824.
Salmalia
malabarica, Schott & Endl. 1832.
Gossampinus
malabarica, Merr.1927.
Bombacopsis quinata, Dugand.
Bombax aculeatum, L.
Bombax ceiba, Burm.f.
Bombax heptaphyllum, Cav.
Bombax thorelii, Gagnep.
Bombax tussacii, Urb.
Gossampinus rubra, Buch.-Ham.
Gossampinus thorelii, Bakh.
Pachira quinata, W.S.Alverson.
Pochota quinata, W.D.Stevens. |
This member of the Malvaceae
family was given this name by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Some of the
later names is being used frequently, like DC's Bombax
malabaricum and Schott & Endl'.s Salmalia
malabarica. It is now found from Afghanistan to China,
grown for it's cotton-like fruit-fill. It might originate from India. It will grow
in a vide range of soil with some to lots of water and some to lots
of sun. Fast growing, it can reach 30 meters with a one meter truck
within 50 years, and I must confess; I can't really call it a
caudiciform. The bright red flowers appears numerous in winter.
The genera name from Latin:
bombyx; 'silk', referring to the fruits' inner. The specific
epithet ceiba is clearly of American origin thus indicating
the fact that Linnaeus was describing a New World taxon. Might just
indicate it look like that genera?
And yes, it is a skinny. Even as
seedling, it seems. |