Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bombacaceae | Genus: Bombax | Species: Bombax ceiba L. |
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| Synonym | Bombax malabaricum, Salmalia malabarica | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Semal, Kapok Tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Silk Cotton Tree, Indian Bombax, Red Cotton Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Tera | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 8-10 X 3 cm, downy tomentose, cylindrical, cuneate on both ends, blackish and glabrous at maturity |
| Habitat | Occurs in plains from the coast on the deciduous belt of the hills | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India (Tropical Asia and New Guinea) | Bark Details | Bark 20-30 mm thick, grey mottled with white, longitudinal fissures shallow; blaze pink |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees; to 45 m high; bole straight, buttress 1-2 m high, armed with conical prickles; bark 20-30 mm thick, grey | Leaf Details | Leaves digitately-compound stipulate stipules small, lateral; rachis 12-25 cm, stout, swollen at base, glabrous; leaflets 5-7, whorled; petiolule 14-25 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-20 X 2-6 cm |
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