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These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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The dry forests of southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru are dominated by large, emergent trees of the family Bombacaceae, including a species of ceiba, Ceiba trichistandra.
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These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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Other members of the Bombacaceae family also have interesting stories to tell.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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Other members of the Bombacaceae family also have interesting stories to tell.
Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort 2008
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Some of the distinctive plants in the forests include the flamboyant tree, Delonix regia (family Leguminosae), and several species of baobabs (Adansonia, family Bombacaceae).
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The limestone cliffs to the east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, on the Mahafaly Plateau, have unusual vegetation comprising four main families: Euphorbiaceae, Didiereaceae, Bombacaceae, and Fabaceae.
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(Burseraceae family), Tetrapterocarpon geayi (Leguminosae family), and Gyrocarpus americanus (Hernandiaceae family), as well as other species from the Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, and the baobabs of the Bombacaceae.
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The local source can be divided into two categories: species that are characteristic of lowland rain forest, such as Dipterocarpaceae, Bombacaceae, and the genus Ficus (figs), and those that have a large global latitudinal distribution such as pines, Cruciferae (e.g., mustard), Theaceae (e.g., tea), and tree ferns.
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MAPOU The sacred tree of the vodoun religion, Ceiba pentandra of the botanical family Bombacaceae.
The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
hernesheir commented on the word Bombacaceae
Plant family name that is an anagram of another plant family name, Cabombaceae.
July 2, 2010