Silk Floss Tree
Chorisia speciosa
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
How to identify Silk Floss Tree
Identify Silk Floss Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Green bottle-shaped spiny trunk.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink-purple.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Bombacaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Silk Floss Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chorisia speciosa
- Genus
- Chorisia
- Family
- Bombacaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Plains
- Habitat type
- Plains
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pink-purplerecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Silk Floss Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Bombacaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Silk Floss Tree
Silk Floss Tree (Chorisia speciosa) is a tree in the Bombacaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It grows in plains.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten and planted as an ornamental.
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
Silk Floss Tree belongs to the Bombacaceae family.
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