However, there were no flowers to be seen. Why? A The silk floss tree, also known as the kapok tree, is a distant relative of the hibiscus and is native to South America. Botanically, it was given ...

Kapok fiber comes from the Kapok tree, which is found throughout tropical regions. You may see it referred to as Java cotton, ceiba, silk cotton ... Since kapok floss is fragile, it can ...

The best-known ornamental tree in this family is the floss silk or kapok (Ceiba/Chorisia speciosa). For most of the year, this outlandish tree from Brazil is noticed primarily for its unique trunk ...

The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish (or purplish) hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad ...