Bombax ceiba

Family: Bambacaceae / Malvaceae

Common Names: Red Silk Cotton Tree, Buboi-gubat

Origin: native species, also reported from India to southern China, and southward to Sumatra and Java.

• it resembles the Kapok, an introduced species
• grows up to 25 m
• we learned about this tree from Dr. Ed Gomez when we were in the Ecology Committee of the village
• he gave us all the saplings from the tree nursery he set up in the village!
• he said that it looks beautiful when it blooms in February and March
• it sheds its leaves and is covered in red flowers that attract a lot of insects
• the insects bring in a lot of birds!
• we intend plant them around the perimeter of the farm.

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