Botanical Name - Bombax Ceiba

Common Name - Red Silk Cotton Tree , Salmalia malabarica

Family - Malvaceae

Type - Tropical tree

Bombax ceiba commonly known as red silk cotton tree or kapok tree is a tropical which can attain a height of up to 60 meters in its old age.

The tree has trunk which is tall and has leaves which are deciduous in winters.

Its strong looking trunk gives an impression that its good for timber but its actually too soft to be of any use in timber.