Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston
| Synonym : | Bombax religiosumL. Cochlospermum balicumBoerl. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chamcheygi |
| English Name : | Silk cotton tree |
| Family : | Vixaceae |
| Disease : | - |
| Description : | "Deciduous trees. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole stout; base cordate, lobes, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, tips acute or acuminate, margin entire or crenate, serrate. Flowers bisexual, bright yellow, in grey tomentose terminal panicles; sepals 5, unequal, obovate, densely tomentose, deciduous; petals 5, obovate, deeply emarginate, contorted; stamens many, inserted on an eglandular disc; anthers linear; ovary superior, globose, glabrate, 3-5-celled, ovules many; style 1, filiform; stigma somewhat lobed. Fruit a capsule, 5-valved, obovoid, pear shaped, straight, leathery, brown; seeds many, black, curved, embedded in white cotton." |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | - |
| Habit : | Tree |