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Short, soft, lightweight fibers produced from trees in the silk cotton tree family, ''Bombaceae''. Some of these are: | Short, soft, lightweight fibers produced from trees in the silk cotton tree family, ''Bombaceae''. Some of these are: | ||
| − | - [ | + | - [[simal]] or red silk cotton (India): ''Bombax ceiba'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[pochote]] fiber (El Salvador): ''Ceiba aesculifolia'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[balsa fiber]] (Central America): ''Ochroma velutina'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[akund]] (East Indies): ''Calotropis procera'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[Mexican kapok]] (Mexico): ''Bombax palmeri'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[kapok]] (Java, India, Africa, Central America): ''Ceiba pentandra'' |
| − | - [ | + | - [[Indian kapok]] (India): ''Bombax malabaricum'' |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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silk cotton tree; ceiba; samauma; Illiani silk; Java cotton; Bombax cotton; vegetable down; tree cotton; simal; red silk cotton; pochote; akund;kapok(Esp.) | silk cotton tree; ceiba; samauma; Illiani silk; Java cotton; Bombax cotton; vegetable down; tree cotton; simal; red silk cotton; pochote; akund;kapok(Esp.) | ||
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Combustible | Combustible | ||
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 | ||
Latest revision as of 15:00, 9 May 2022
Description
Short, soft, lightweight fibers produced from trees in the silk cotton tree family, Bombaceae. Some of these are:
- Simal or red silk cotton (India): Bombax ceiba
- Pochote fiber (El Salvador): Ceiba aesculifolia
- Balsa fiber (Central America): Ochroma velutina
- Akund (East Indies): Calotropis procera
- Mexican kapok (Mexico): Bombax palmeri
- Kapok (Java, India, Africa, Central America): Ceiba pentandra
- Indian kapok (India): Bombax malabaricum
Synonyms and Related Terms
silk cotton tree; ceiba; samauma; Illiani silk; Java cotton; Bombax cotton; vegetable down; tree cotton; simal; red silk cotton; pochote; akund;kapok(Esp.)
Risks
Combustible
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Marjory L. Joseph, Introductory Textile Science, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Fort Worth, TX, 1986
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- J.Gordon Cook, Handbook of Textile Fibres:I Natural Fibres, Merrow Publishing Co. , Durham, England, 1984
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998