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Cochlospermum fraseri Family: Cochlospermaceae Kapok Origin: Australia        After the yellow flowers are pollinated, large, globular, green, papery fruit develop, which eventually turn brown and split along the seams to release their seed. The small black seeds are woven in a dense mat of fine silky hairs. The flowers are edible raw and are quite pleasant. The tap root of young plants is also edible when roasted and has moderate levels of most nutrients. The same is true of the Northern Territory species, whose root is also pounded and used extensively as medicine for sores. |  |
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 | Cochlospermum gillivraei Family: Cochlospermaceae Kapok Origin: North Australia   Cochlospermum gillivraei is a small tree, 3 to 12 metres in height, which is deciduous in the dry season. The bright yellow flowers appear before the new leaves. Seeds are borne in egg-shaped capsules,about 8 cm long, which split open when ripe to release black seeds embedded in a cotton-like fibre. In cultivation the plant needs well drained soils and a sunny position. Kapok may be propagated from seed. See photo of flower. Similar species -Cochlospermum vitifolium |  |
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 | Cochlospermum regium Family: Cochlospermaceae Yellow Cotton Tree Origin: South America |  |
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 | Cochlospermum religiosum, Cochlospermum gossypium Family: Cochlospermaceae Silk Cottontree Origin: Indo-China  A very common and conspicuous tree, characteristic of the hottest, driest and stoniest slopes. The leaves are palmately 5-lobed. Flowers are large, bright golden yellow. Seeds covered with silky hairs. Similar species -Cochlospermum vitifolium |  |
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 | Cochlospermum sp. Family: Cochlospermaceae Yellow Cotton Tree   The 30-odd species of the genus of shrubs and small trees are scattered throughout the tropics, growing mainly in regions of strongly seasonal rainfall, and are mostly deciduous in the dry season. Species: Cochlospermum fraseri Cochlospermum gillivraei Cochlospermum regium Cochlospermum religiosum Cochlospermum vitifolium |
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 Variety with double flowers | Cochlospermum vitifolium Family: Cochlospermaceae Buttercup tree, Mountain Cotton, Cotton-tree Origin: South America   A small tree, usually no more than 23 ft tall, usually with a leaning trunk and irregular branching. Crown is small, irregular, often with few leaves. The leaves are star-shaped, with pointed lobes. Flowers are large, bright yellow, with many yellow or orange stamen, very conspicuous during the December-January flowering period. Many trees are leafless when flowers are produced, but others have some leaves. Fruits are green pods filled with tiny seeds that have light fluff for wind transport. A widespread and common tree of pastures, farms, towns, and roadsides, throughout Panama. Never in the forest, even in natural tree-fall clearings, so it seldom appears in tree plots (which are nearly always in the forest). In the winter when it goes dormant, keep it a little dry. The double buttercup is much nicer and does not shower the lawn with kapok-like seeds and floss. |  Variety with double flowers |
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