Kapok, also known as red cotton, is one of the flowers often seen in life. Its flowers are fiery red, giving people a warm feeling. It can bring people a positive and optimistic attitude and inspire people to struggle bravely. People who can give kapok are: lovers; Elders.
morphological character
Axillary of the top leaf of a single flower branch, usually red and sometimes orange-red, with a diameter of about10 cm; Calyx cup-shaped, 2-3cm long, hairless outside, densely covered with yellowish short silk hairs inside, with 3-5 calyx teeth, semicircular, 2.3cm high1.5cm wide, fleshy petals, obovate oblong, 8 8- 10/0cm long, 3-4cm wide, and stellate hairs on both sides.
Staminal tube is short, filament is thick, base is thick, and gradually tapers upward. The upper part of the inner filament is bifurcated, and the middle 10 stamens are short and not bifurcated. The stamens of the outer wheel are more than 5 bundles, and each bundle has more than one filament 10, which is longer. Style longer than stamens.
Capsule oblong, blunt, long10-15cm, 4.5-5cm thick, densely covered with gray villous and stellate villous; Seeds are numerous, obovate and smooth. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruit is ripe in summer. The emergence rate of kapok seeds is about 20%, and the mass of 1000 seeds is about 42 grams.