Stunning Cochlospermum Collection | Gossypium, Religiosum, Yellow Silk Cotton, Torchwood & Buttercup Trees for Sale

Description

Common name:

Yellow Silk Cotton Tree, Torchwood Tree, Buttercup Tree

Regional name:

Hindi - Kumbi, Gabdi, Ganiar, Galgal, Gajra, Guneri, Pili Kapas, Bengali - Golgol, Marathi - Ganglai, Gujarati - Pahad Vel, Tamil - Kongilam

Category:

Trees, Shrubs

Family:

Cochlospermaceae

Light:

Sun growing

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate less, Can tolerate more

Primarily grown for:

Flowers

Flowering season:

January, February, March

Flower or Inflorescence color:

Yellow

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

8 to 12 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

4 to 6 meters

Plant Form:

Upright or Erect

Estimated Life Span:

Very long lived

Special Character:

• Indigenous (native to India)
• Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
• Good for screening
• Attracts bees
• Quick growing trees
• Good on seaside

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

* Usually you will not even notice this tree. That is untill it bursts into color.
* The flowers are as yellow as yellow gets.
* Religiosum means referring to God.
* Flowers used in temple as offering to God.
* Native-India and Malaysia.
* Deciduous tree.
* 16 m tall.
* New leaves appear in May-June.
* The flowers last for a day and a half, they appear at 3 am wide open at sunrise and close the following morning.
* The gum is used in book binding, cosmetics and thickening ice cream.
* Floss from fruit used for stuffing pillows and life belts.

Growing tips:

* Flowers in two years even when it is size of a shrub.
* Planted at the background of shrubbery border of large lawns, besides small and medium roads.
* Highly resistant to drought and forest fires.
* Will grow on any kind of soils.
* Will grow quickly if irrigated during hot summer months after leaves arise