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n. - Tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds.

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  • Other members of the Bombacaceae family also have interesting stories to tell.
  • These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees.
  • Some of the distinctive plants in the forests include the flamboyant tree, Delonix regia (family Leguminosae), and several species of baobabs (Adansonia, family...
  • The dry forests of southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru are dominated by large, emergent trees of the family Bombacaceae, including a species of ceiba, Ceiba...
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