Bombax malabaricum DC.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Bombax malabaricum DC.

  • Collector(s)

    F. Kingdon-Ward 18385

  • Location

    India. Mishmi Hills.

  • Habitat

    One of the commonest trees, coming up in poor sandy soil everywhere. Invaluable for reclamation work.

  • Description

    A huge, rather ugly tree, although a number of them against the sky have a crude beauty. In flower, and quite leafless. Birds destroy the flowers and .

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02652885

    Occurrence ID: 976f90e4-e48b-4a21-a9f8-62409abfb8d6

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bombax malabaricum DC.

FLORA OF INDIA AND BURMA
Plants of Mishmi Hills
Bomb ax malabarlcum
One of the commonest trees, coming up in
poor sandy soil everywhere. Invaluable for
reclamation work. A huge, rather ugly tree,
although a number of them against the sky
have a crude beauty. In flower, and quite
leafless. Birds destxy the flowers and
Collected by F. Kingdon-Ward, No. 1838^
Distributed by The New York Botanical Garden
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