Botanical Family · Malvales
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
9 speciesOrder Malvales8+ well-known plants
The Bombacaceae family (Bombax Or Kapok Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malvales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 9 species across 8 genera. Its members are predominantly trees. Well-represented genera include Bombax, Adansonia and Ceiba. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include African Calabash, Silk Cotton Tree and The White Silk Cotton Tree.
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Notable members
African Calabash, Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree, African Baobab TreeAdansonia digitataSilk Cotton Tree, Malabar SemulBombax ceibaThe White Silk Cotton TreeBombax insigneKapok Tree, White Silk Cotton TreeCeiba pentandraSilk Floss TreeChorisia speciosaWild DurianCullenia exarillataBalsa TreeOchroma pyramidaleWild ChestnutPachira insignis
All 9 species in BOMBACACEAE
- African Calabash, Baobab Tree, Monkey Bread Tree, African Baobab TreeAdansonia digitata
- Silk Cotton Tree, Malabar SemulBombax ceiba
- The White Silk Cotton TreeBombax insigne
- Kapok Tree, White Silk Cotton TreeCeiba pentandra
- Silk Floss TreeChorisia speciosa
- Wild DurianCullenia exarillata
- Balsa TreeOchroma pyramidale
- Wild ChestnutPachira insignis
- Shaving Brush TreePseudobombax ellipticum
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