Bixaceae
Silk cottontree
Cochlospermum vitifolium
- Family
- Bixaceae
- Genus
- Cochlospermum
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- القوقعة النباتيه
- Chinese
- 毛茛树
- English
- Silk cottontree
- German
- Butterblumenbaum, Hahnenfussbaum, Wilde Baumwolle
Synonyms
- Bombax vitifolium Willd.
- Cochlospermum codinae Eichler
- Cochlospermum hibiscoides Kunth
- Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. dasycarpum Triana & Planch.
- Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. gymnocarpum Triana & Planch.
- Cochlospermum luetzeiburgii Pilg.
- Cochlospermum luetzelburgii Pilg.
- Cochlospermum serratifolium DC.
- Cochlospermum triphyllum (S.F.Blake) Pittier
- Maximilianea codinae (Eichler) Kuntze
- Maximilianea hibiscodes (Kunth) Kuntze
- Maximilianea triphylla S.F.Blake
- Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) Krug & Urb.
- Wittelsbachia vitifolia (Willd.) Mart. & Zucc.
- Wittelsbachia vitifolia (Willd.) Mart.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to April (from 502 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Álvaro Rivas Godin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: biolsamuel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eric Laforge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frank Langer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.