Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First Floor, Timber Section

  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw003
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Bombax malabaricum (New name Bombax ceiba)
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Upper Godavari, Andra Pradesh

 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division : Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 : Magnoliopsida
  Order : Rosales
  Family : Moraceae
  Genus :

Bombax

  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Bombax malabaricum (Bombax ceiba)
 

Author of Species

 : Carl Linnaeus
  Common/Trade Name : Cotton tree, Indian cottonwood, Indian kapok, Kapok tree, Red cotton tree, Red-flowered silk-cotton tree, Red silk-cotton, Red silk-cotton tree, Shaving brush, Silk cotton tree.
  Vernacular Name :

Hindi: Semal

Kannada: Pula

Marathi: Savar,

Sanskrit: Salmali

Tamil: Elavamaram

Telugu: Knda Buruga
  Distribution of Species : The tree is widely planted in Malay, Indonesia, south China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
 

Uses

 : The cotton inside the fruits was used a substitute for cotton.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

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