PlantaeSpecies
Silk-cotton Tree
Cochlospermum religiosum
(L.) Alston
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Taxonomy
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Violales
Family
Bixaceae
Lipstick-tree family
Genus
Cochlospermum
Species
Cochlospermum religiosum
Lifecycle & Ecology
EdibleNo
Also Known As
Bombax religiosumBombax gossypiumCochlospermum balicumWittelsbachia gossypiumMaximilianea gossypiumCochlospermum gossypium
Data Sources
Species data compiled from the USDA PLANTS Database and other open botanical data sources. Images used under Creative Commons or equivalent licenses. Distribution data from USDA state-level records.
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