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Cochlospermum gillivraei

Kapok
Family: Cochlospermaceae
Origin: North Australia
USDA Zone: 10-11?

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Cochlospermum gillivraei is a small tree, 3 to 12 metres in height, which is deciduous in the dry season. The bright yellow flowers appear before the new leaves. Seeds are borne in egg-shaped capsules,about 8 cm long, which split open when ripe to release black seeds embedded in a cotton-like fibre.

In cultivation the plant needs well drained soils and a sunny position.

Kapok may be propagated from seed.

Similar plants:

Cochlospermum fraseri (Kapok)
Cochlospermum gregorii (Cotton Tree)
Cochlospermum regium (Yellow Cotton Tree )
Cochlospermum religiosum, Cochlospermum gossypium (Silk Cottontree )
Cochlospermum sp. (Yellow Cotton Tree )
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Buttercup tree, Mountain Cotton, Cotton-tree)

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