Foster Botanical Garden (05/11/08)

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Kapok is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae, native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and to tropical west Africa.

The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods.

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The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods.

The Earpod is at home in Tropical America.

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The Earpod is at home in Tropical America.

The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba.

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The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba.

It may become 125 feet high and have a trunk 10 feet in diameter.

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It may become 125 feet high and have a trunk 10 feet in diameter.

It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.

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It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.

The tree grows to 200-230 ft tall and has a very substantial trunk up to 10 ft in diameter with buttresses.

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The tree grows to 200-230 ft tall and has a very substantial trunk up to 10 ft in diameter with buttresses.

The trunk and many of the larger branches are densely crowded with very large, robust simple thorns.

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The trunk and many of the larger branches are densely crowded with very large, robust simple thorns.

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The leaves are compound of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to 8 in and palm like.

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The leaves are compound of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to 8 in and palm like.

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The Hoop Pine tree, native to eastern Australia, is named for its horizontally banded bark.

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The Hoop Pine tree, native to eastern Australia, is named for its horizontally banded bark.

The valuable lumber tree may attain a height of 200 feet and a diameter of six feet.

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The valuable lumber tree may attain a height of 200 feet and a diameter of six feet.

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The Tropical Almond from the East Indies is grown in many tropical countries for shade, ornament, timber and its almond-like nut.

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The Tropical Almond from the East Indies is grown in many tropical countries for shade, ornament, timber and its almond-like nut.

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Talipot palm is a species of palm, native to southern India (Malabar coast) and Sri Lanka.

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Talipot palm is a species of palm, native to southern India (Malabar coast) and Sri Lanka.

It is one of the largest palms in the world; individual specimens have reached heights of up to 25 m, with stems up to 1.3 m in diameter.

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It is one of the largest palms in the world; individual specimens have reached heights of up to 25 m, with stems up to 1.3 m in diameter.

Loulu (Pritchardia lowreyana): Surprisingly, Pritchardias are the only type of palm native to Hawai'i.

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Loulu (Pritchardia lowreyana): Surprisingly, Pritchardias are the only type of palm native to Hawai'i.

The thick, greyish coating on the leaf of this palm furnishes a product called "Carnanuba Wax," an important ingredient in fine furniture and floor polishes.

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The thick, greyish coating on the leaf of this palm furnishes a product called "Carnanuba Wax," an important ingredient in fine furniture and floor polishes.

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Sausage Tree: This tree, native of tropical West Africa, is remarkable for its oblong, gray, gourd-like fruits (sausages) suspended by long, cord-like stalks from three to five feet long.

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Sausage Tree: This tree, native of tropical West Africa, is remarkable for its oblong, gray, gourd-like fruits (sausages) suspended by long, cord-like stalks from three to five feet long.