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Bombacaceae (baobab family) » Bombax ceiba

BOM-baks -- from the Greek bombyx (silk), referring to the silken fibers from this tree SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree

commonly known as: Indian cottonwood, Indian kapok, red silk-cotton tree, simal tree • Assamese: himila, himolu • Bengali: katseori, roktosimul • Hindi: कांटीसेंबल kaantisenbal, रक्त सेंबल rakta senbal, सेमल semal, सेमर कंद semar kanda, सेमुल semul, सेमुर semur, शेंबल shembal, शिंबल shimbal, सिमल simal, सिमुल simul • Kannada: ಕೆಮ್ಪುಬೂರುಗ kempuburuga • Malayalam: mullilavu • Manipuri: tera • Marathi: शाल्मली shaalmali, सांवर saanvar, सांवरी saanvari, सौर saura • Mizo: pang, phunchawng • Oriya: similikonta • Sanskrit: शाल्मली shaalmali, शल्मली shalmali • Tamil: இலவு ilavu, பூலா puulaa, முள்ளிலவு mullilavu • Telugu: బూరుగ buruga

Origin: tropical southern Asia, northern Australia

In Guangdong, the tree is known as muk min (木綿, lit. wood cotton) or hung min (紅綿, lit. red cotton). It is also known as Ying Hung Shue (英雄樹, lit. hero tree), for its straight and tall trunk.

References: Flowers of IndiaDave's GardenWikipedia
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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location19° 23′ 15.05″ N, 73° 13′ 35.26″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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