Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kapok in English is the name of a plant defined with Bombax costatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bombax buonopozense auct. (among others).

2) Kapok is also identified with Ceiba pentandra It has the synonym Xylon pentandrum (Linn.) O. Ktze) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 16 (1826)
· The Tiv Tribe. (1933)
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1988)
· Notulae Systematicae (1914)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1935)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kapok, for example diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kapok melkbossie, Kapok tree, Kapokboom, Kapokbos, Kapokole.

Ends with: Native kapok, Wilde kapok.

Full-text: Native kapok tree, Native kapok, Red kapok tree, Indian kapok tree, Kapok melkbossie, Kapok tree, Wilde kapok, Wild kapok tree.

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