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Variegated Kapok tree

Local Name	:	Variegated Kapok tree
Botanical Name	:	Ceiba pentandra variegata (L.) Gaertn.
Common Name	:	Variegated Kapok tree
Family	:	Malvaceae
Distribution	:	It is widely cultivated in India including Odisha. Native to tropical regions of the world.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a large tropical tree with striking green and white variegated leaves. It produces large, showy flowers and is notable for its spiny trunk and seed pods filled with silky fibers.

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Descriptions

It is a large deciduous tree. It has a distinctive thick, buttressed trunk and broad, spreading branches. The leaves are palmate, typically with 5-9 leaflets that are green with creamy white variegation. The tree produces large, showy, white to pale pink flowers with numerous stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule containing silky fibers known as kapok, surrounding numerous seeds.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

February - August

Use(s)

Seeds are used in headache.