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  2. Bombax ceiba - Wikipedia

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    Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree.More specifically, it is sometimes known as Malabar silk-cotton tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok, [3] both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra.

  3. Albizia - Wikipedia

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    They are commonly called silk plants, silk trees, or sirises. The obsolete spelling of the generic name – with double 'z' – is still common, so the plants may be called albizzias . The generic name honors the Italian nobleman Filippo degli Albizzi , who introduced Albizia julibrissin to Europe in the mid-18th century. [ 2 ]

  4. Ceiba speciosa - Wikipedia

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    Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America.It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or árbol del puente, samu'ũ (in Guarani), or paineira (in Brazilian Portuguese).

  5. Bombax buonopozense - Wikipedia

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    Bombax buonopozense, commonly known as the Gold Coast bombax or red-flowered silk cotton tree, is a tree in the mallow family. It is also known in the Dagbani language as Vabga (plural Vabsi ). It is native primarily in West Africa , where it is found in rainforests from Sierra Leone in the northwest, east to Uganda and south to Angola , [ 2 ...

  6. Albizia julibrissin - Wikipedia

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    Albizia julibrissin is known by a wide variety of common names, such as Persian silk tree and pink siris. It is also called Lankaran acacia or bastard tamarind , though it is not too closely related to either genus.

  7. Sericulture - Wikipedia

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    Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.

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