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№ 050TreesBombax: The Red Silk-Cotton Tree That Blazes on Bare Branches
A big Indian relative of the kapok that erupts in huge waxy red flowers on its leafless branches each spring — pouring nectar for birds, packing its pods with silky floss, and feeding the season with edible blooms.
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№ 245TreesKapok and Balsa: The Rainforest Giants of Feather and Foam
A sacred emergent tree that fills its pods with buoyant cotton, and the fastest-growing pioneer whose wood is the lightest in commercial use — two extremes from one family.
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№ 431TreesSilk-Floss Tree: The Spiny-Bellied Tree That Rains Pink Flowers
A relative of the kapok that swells a green, water-storing trunk studded with fierce conical spines, blazes pink-and-cream in autumn, and packs its pods with the same silky floss as its cousin.
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