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5024.000 Bombax
Description of the genus
Trees, sometimes spiny. Leaves digitate with 5-7 leaflets. Flowers large (c. 5 cm or more long) solitary or in short cymes or clusters. Calyx truncate or shortly lobed. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Ovary 5-locular with many ovules per loculus. Fruit dehiscent, a 5-lobed woody capsule, full of silky hairs containing the seeds. Derivation of name: Silk (referring to the silky hairs surrounding the seeds) Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World tropics |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| mossambicense A. Robyns | N,Z | |
| rhodognaphalon K. Schum. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Bombax:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): BombaxFlora Zambesiaca web site: Bombax
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Bombax
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bombax
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Bombax
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