In Guyana, the Silk Cotton tree is also known as the ‘Jumbie’ Tree. According to folklore, it is the most feared and notorious place to find a spirit and other supernatural being.

Lewin’s series, titled “Roots of the Cotton Tree” for the lore around Jamaica’s sacred silk cotton trees, embodies the sensation of simultaneously stepping back in time and into the future. Rooted in ...

The silk cotton is an outstanding tree in our tropical setting as it towers in height far above the general level of the forest canopy. It may reach heights of over 150 feet (46 metres) and it is ...

So we planted 50 saplings of native species like Silk Cotton Tree, Golden Shower tree, Flame of ... The experts introduced the sacred trees and heritage plant species.Among the prominent ones ...

The red silk-cotton tree alone is worth the trip to Bradenton’s Palma Sola Botanical Park. The tree is aflame with hundreds of huge red flowers.