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Red samel plant

Original price was: ₹3,000.00.Current price is: ₹2,999.00.

Plant Specifications

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Common Name Silk cotton tree, Salmali, Bombax ceiba, and Simul tree
Maximum Reachable Height 45 meters
Flower Colour Red
Bloom Time Feb-April
Difficulty Level Easy to grow.

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

 

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About Bombax Malabaricum

This Asian tropical tree has a straight tall tree 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 wood is too soft to be very useful.

Dimensions 42 × 12 × 12 cm