- massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber ...

Have you seen the big red and orange flowers blooming during the spring season on a tall tree? Most of us admire those beautiful and vibrant flowers but don’t know what it is called. It is Silk Cotton ...

Once upon a time when people travelled in bullock carts and did not wear linen dhotis as a fashion statement, I came to this city as a seed from a distant land. I am called the white silk cotton tree, ...

I have vivid childhood memories of the silk cotton ( semal) tree. I was barely 10 years old when we moved houses from a secure, manicured factory colony to a new housing area set against the backdrop ...

Silk cotton (Ceiba pendantra) trees are having a productive spell now in Chennai, and they better make the most of it, as they would soon slip into obscurity and that would be their lot when they are ...

The flowering trees announce the change of season to me in Delhi. The winter nip arrives with the perfume of Saptaparni wafting on the roads. The flowers themselves are green and invisible among the ...

Ever thought about the relationship between trees and ships? Led by researcher and curator Abhishek Khan, the Botany of Ships ...

- massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber ...

There is a silk cotton tree occupying one corner of the lawn,tall and majestic,overlooking the expanse ,witness to the dawn of another day. The squirrels have been busy in the past months carrying ...