Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Jiffy Plugs Common names include Fortnight lily

Common names include Fortnight lily

& butterflies

5 cm long in young trees

Massonia is a genus in the Hyacinthaceae family found in dry areas in southern Africa

Red Silk Cotton Tree Exotic Tree - Bombax Ceiba - 5 Seeds Jiffy Plugs Common names include Fortnight lilyBombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree or tree cotton. This tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage. It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its