Kapok seeds

Number 300 seeds Common name: Kapok Scientific name: Ceiba pentandra Kapok tree is a tropical perennial tree, fast-growing, reaching a height of 40 meters or more, deciduous, and considered one of the tallest trees in the world. It has a light gray vertical trunk covered with sharp conical thorns. - Flower of the Kapok tree: bisexual flowers, 4 cm long, creamy white in color, with a milky scent. The flowers bloom at night, containing five petals on the outside. Only a few flowers bloom on a certain branch each night during the two or three weeks the tree flowers. It does not flower every year, and some may remain 5 to 10 years without flowering. - Fruit and seeds of the Kapok tree: The fruits are large, soft, made of an outer skin and rectangular capsules up to 15 cm long, tapered at both ends. The color changes from green to brown to black when ripe, then splits from the base to the top into five sections. The seeds are smooth, dark brown, contained in a mass of light hair. - Propagation season for the Kapok tree: March and April are the best times to plant the seeds. They can also be cultivated year-round in agricultural reserves and enclosed or plastic places where temperature can be controlled, sunlight reaches, or where adequate lighting for the plant is available. - Suitable climate and soil for the Kapok tree: The Kapok needs full direct sunlight. It is planted in fine sandy soil, preferably moist, deep, and fertile. It is heavily fertilized, tolerates drought and frost, and is watered regularly. - Method of planting the Kapok tree: Seeds are placed in a small pot with moist, fertile soil, and water is added periodically. It is placed in a sunny location until it grows, then it needs continuous fertilization if nutrients are lacking. - Its benefits and uses: Kapok trees are ornamental and shade trees. Seeds produce oil used in soap-making. The fruits produce cotton, which is considered one of the best types of cotton for mattresses and pillows. It is also used in the medical field. - Native homeland of the Kapok tree: Its original homeland is Asia and Africa. It is cultivated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and many Arab countries.