✿Bombacaceae · Bombax
Dev-Savar / The White Silk Cotton Tree
Bombax insigne
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Bombax insigne
- Genus
- Bombax
- Family
- Bombacaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- India, Myanmar and New Guinea
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pink-purplerecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dev-Savar itself; the rest are typical of the Bombacaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- সেমল Semal
- Tamil
- வெள்ளைக்குங்கிலியம் Vellaikungiliyam
- Malayalam
- Kallilavu, കല്ലിലവ്, Bombax insigne
- Marathi
- देव सावर Dev-savar, देवसावर
About Dev-Savar
A member of the Bombacaceae family, The White Silk Cotton Tree (Bombax insigne) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka and 3 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Botanical family
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
Dev-Savar belongs to the Bombacaceae family.
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