Latin Name (拉丁名)-----Bombax ceiba
English Name (英文名)----Tree Cotton, Red Kapok Tree
Chinese Name (中文名)---木棉
Family Name (科名) -----Bombacaceae (木棉科)
Habit (習性)----Deciduous tree
Scientific Name: Bombax ceiba
Family: :Red Silk Cotton Tree
Size,RangeDistribution:Bombacaceae -- Kapok Tree Family
Botanical Description: To 75' or more, spiny trunk. Native to India and dry areas of Asia and Australia. Fast grower from cuttings; can reach up to 140'.
Botanical Description: Roots become strongly buttressed with age. Waxy flower petal are lustrous, red, long, and recurved, stamens are many in two whorls. Birds seek nectar and are pollinators. Usually deciduous. Leaves alternate, palmately compound. Flowers are clustered near the ends of the branches. Fruits is a five-celled woody capsule with many small seeds embedded in floss.
Economic Examples: Tree is grown for its wood on large plantations in India. The floss is commercially important; four-* kilos can be obtained from each tree to be used for life belts, cushions, refrigeration insulation, sound proofing. Yarn can be made for plush and lace. In China, it's woven into garments. Flower buds and calyx are edible. Seed oil is used in the manufacture of soaps and lubrication substances. Tree exudes a gum high in tannin used to halt diarrhea and dysentery.
General Comments: Wood is easy to work and is used in many manufactures.
木棉
生活型: 乔木
栽培植物: 栽培
特征: 落叶大乔木;
花期: 3
果期: 5
生境: 栽培
用途: 庭园、行道树种;木材可作蒸笼、包装箱、火柴杆、造纸等用;鲜枝能搅浊水澄清;根、皮代海桐皮用,治痢疾及月经过多;果内绵毛可作枕、褥垫、救生圈等填充材料;种子油供工业用
门中名: 种子植物门
亚门中名: 被子植物亚门
纲中名: 双子叶植物纲
中文别名: 红棉、英雄树
灿若红霞的赛波花,赛波树属木本豆荚科植物,主要分布在中南美地区。在西班牙殖民统治时期,拉普拉塔地区的印第安人不断奋起反抗。
传说在一次战斗中,一位印第安部落酋长不幸阵亡,她的女儿阿娜依挺身而出,指挥战斗,与西班牙殖民者浴血死战,最后她也被俘。西班牙殖民者将阿娜依绑在一棵赛波树上,要用火烧死她。阿娜依在熊熊的大火中慷慨就义。此时,花期未到的树上突然盛开出满枝累串的,如火如血的红花。1942年,阿根廷通过一项法令,正式确定赛波花为阿根廷的国花
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