Herbarium JCB

Bombax insigne Wallich

Family : BOMBACACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
Species : Bombax insigne
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bombax insigne Wall.
Common name : The White Silk Cotton Tree
Collection Nos : KFP 5099, CJS 16013
Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, K.R.Keshava Murthy & B.R.Ramesh
Key identification features : A lofty fast growing buttressed tree with conical prickles on the young stem; branches are arranged in whorls. Leaves are palmately compound with 5-7 lanceolate leaflets:Flowers that appear in clusters are conspicuous, attractive and light red: stamens numerous and occur in six bundles around the style. Fruit is a capsule with seeds are embedded in silky floss.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Myanmar and New Guinea
Comments : The cotton from the fruit is used for making surgical dressings
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Jaipura (Chikmagalur)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984