Plant Specifications

Planting And Care

• Caring for this plant is very easy. As it is a drought tolerant plant, it does not require much watering.
• Water and fertilizer need only during the growing season, but once established it will perform well with occasional irrigation and no fertilizer.
• Prune the plant for maintaining its shape and size.
• Prune the damaged and diseased branches from the tree.
  

  Bombax Malabaricum Care

  It can easily be propagated by seeds. soak the seeds in water 12 hours before sowing. Seeds can be sown in a sunny position in nursery beds. Water the seeds regularly. Germination will start in 10 – 25 days. Transplant 5cm tall seedlings to individual containers and plant out 12 months later.

  Sunlight	Full sun to partial shade.
  Watering	moderately.
  Soil	Well drained and fertile soil.
  Temperature	15-35 degrees C
  Fertilizer	Apply any organic fertilizer.

  Bombax Malabaricum Special Feature

  It is a plant of Jyehstha Nakshatra.

  Bombax Malabaricum Uses

  Ornamental Use:

  • Can be grown as a single tree in the home garden and used for avenue planting

  Medicinal Use:

  • The extracts of the Silk Cotton Tree are beneficial in the treatment of male sexual disorders
  • It also has hemostatic properties and is administered during menorrhagia
  • Silk Cotton Tree extracts are also helpful in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders like dysentery and diarrhea
  • Use only as per doctors prescription

  Culinary Use:

  • Its flower, flower bud, and young leaves are cooked as a vegetable
  • Ripe seeds are eaten roasted
  • Young roots are also eaten raw or roasted