Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bombacaceae | Genus: Bombax | Species: Bombax ceiba Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Bombax Malabaricum DC., Salmalia Malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl, Bombax aculeatum L. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Semal, Kapok Tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Silk Cotton Tree, Indian Bombax, Red Cotton Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Semal | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1400 M | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, downy tomentose, cylindrical, cuneate on both ends, blackish and glabrous at maturity . Seeds numerous, pyriform, smooth, dark brown, embedded in white cotton |
| Habitat | Occasionally Found In Plains From The Coast, On The Deciduous Belt Of The Hills | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Tropical Southern Asia, Northern Australia And Tropical Africa | Bark Details | Bark thick, grey mottled with white, longitudinal fissures shallow; blaze pink |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rock garden, Sector 1, Sector 9, Sector 10, Sector 11, Sector 12, Sector 26, Sector 27, Sector 36, Sector 38 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees up to 45 m high bark up to 30 mm thick. Leaves digitately-compound, alternate, leaflets 5-7, whorled; petiolule stout, glabrous.Leaf -lamina elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-obovate, lateral nerves 8-14 pairs. Flowers bisexual, dark crimson, solitary or 2-5 together, calyx campanulate, irregularly lobed . Carolla red, petals 5, obovate to elliptic-obovate, recurved.Stamens 65-80, 3-7.5 cm long in 5 bundles. Ovary conical, tomentose, 5-celled; ovules many. Style exceeding the stamens. Stigma 5-fid, lobes spreading. Fruit a capsule, downy tomentose, cylindrical, cuneate on both ends, blackish and glabrous at maturity . Seeds numerous, pyriform, smooth, dark brown, embedded in white cotton | Leaf Details | Leaves digitately-compound, alternate, leaflets 5-7, whorled; petiolule stout, glabrous.Leaf -lamina elliptic, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-obovate, lateral nerves 8-14 pairs. |
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