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Cochlospermum vitifolium

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Name

Identification
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. [family COCHLOSPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Bombax gossypinum
  • Bombax gosipinum
  • Cochlospermum vitifolium
  • Bombax not on sheet

Information

Entry for Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. [family COCHLOSPERMACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 1
Names
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. [family COCHLOSPERMACEAE]
Uses
plant Medicines: eye treatments Products: fibre wood Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus
Description
A small tree with attractive yellow flowers of Mexico and the Caribbean now introduced into the Region and under cultivation in Ghana at the Cacao Research Institute Station.In Belize the wood is used to make fish-net floats (2). The bark yields fibre used in Mexico to make rope (3, 4) and a bark concoction is taken for jaundice (1).
References
References:1. Hinton 3596, K. 2. Schipp 45, K. 3. Uphof, 1968: 141. 4. Usher, 1974: 163.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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