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The great kapok tree amazon5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Kapok tree provides food and shelter for many species of monkeys, birds, frogs and insects. Seed pods are filled with fluffy, yellowish fibers which facilitate dispersal of seed by wind. Each tree produces 500 to 4.000 pods per season. Flowers emit unpleasant smell which attracts bats, main pollinators of this species.įruit of kapok tree is light green, woody, smooth pod filled with 200 brown seed. Kapok tree opens its flowers during the night. Kapok tree produces creamy white or pale pink flowers arranged in small clusters on the new, young branches. Kapok tree discards its leaves during the dry season. Kapok tree develops palmately compound (hand-shaped) leaves composed of 5 to 9 lanceolate leaflets. Kapok tree has umbrella-shaped crown made of numerous branches arranged in horizontal tiers. Kapok tree can reach 230 feet in height and 9 to 10 feet in diameter (trunk). ![]() People cultivate kapok tree mostly as a source of fine fibers and wood. Thanks to large number of seeds equipped with fine, silky fibers, kapok tree easily conquers new (especially deforested) areas. ![]() ![]() Kapok tree grows in tropical rainforests. It originates from Central and South America, but it can be found in West Africa and Southeast Asia today. Kapok tree, also known as ceiba tree, is deciduous tree that belongs to the mallow family. ![]()
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