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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 49
- Scientific Name: Bombax ceiba L.
- Family: Malvaceae
- Trade Name: Semul
- Common Name: Mullilavu, Poola
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: പൂള, മുള്ളിലവ്, മുള്ളിലം
- Native: Tropical & Subtropical Asia to North Australia
- Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Date of Collection: Tuesday, April 24, 1979
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous trees; to 45 m high; bole straight, leaves digitately-compound, alternate, flowers bisexual, dark crimson.Fruit a capsule.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings not always distinct.Vessels very large to large, clearly visible, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3,oval in outline, usually open or partly filled with tyloses.Rays fine to very broad, widely spaced, forming conspicuous flecks
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