Red silk cotton tree flower 330920-Red silk cotton tree flower
I had originally seen this particular tree blooming a few months ago I had never seen this kind of tree before, but the large, beautiful red flowers caught my attention I don't think I would want this kind of tree in my yardbetween the huge flowers dropping all over, and the pods and the cottonsilk fuzz balls falling later, it must be a mess!This tree provides beauty as well as a sweet drink Join Extension Agent Stephen Brown as he visits a red silkcotton treeRed Silk Cotton , Indian Plant The Red Silk Cotton is a reddish and silky tree which belonged to the family of Malvaceae As the name goes, the Red Silk Cotton is in fact a reddish and silky tree The scientists know this as Bombax Malabarica Bombax came from the Greek word Bombax that means "a silkworm" and Malabarica means "from Malabar" Treewatch We Are Celebrating Our Red Silk Cotton Trees Are Finally Blooming Savista Red silk cotton tree flower