Bixaceae
Silk-cotton tree
Cochlospermum religiosum
- Family
- Bixaceae
- Genus
- Cochlospermum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 弯子木
- English
- Silk-cotton tree
Synonyms
- Bombax gossypium L.
- Bombax religiosum L.
- Cochlospermum balicum Boerl.
- Cochlospermum gossypium DC.
- Maximilianea gossypium Kuntze
- Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart. & Zucc.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vikas D Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.