These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees. |
A balza raft was built out of large trunks of the Bombax ceiba, which, being light wood, was the best for the purpose. |
Phidias made them, and bubo and Bombax dressed them in purple. |
In its natural habitat tun is found growing in mixed stands comprising other broad-level species like terminalias, albizzias, bombax, ficuses, shisham, acacias, etc. |