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Morphological Study Of Bombax Ceiba Collected From Botanical Hauz Rani Forest, New Delhi, India
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- 1. Department of Biotechnology, Sophitorium Instirute of Technology and Life Skills, Khurdha, Odisha-752060
- 2. Department of Botany, Gujarat University, Gujarat-380009
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The scientific name of Red silk cotton tree is Bombax ceiba. Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the rubric Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree. The tree is widely planted in southeastern Asian countries and regions (such as in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, southern China and Taiwan, etc. This tree is also common in New Delhi reached 60m in height. They survive only in semiarid zone. The cotton filaments of this tree can be seen floating in the wind around the time of early May. In this study, we highlighted a short insight story on morphology and beneficial medicinal aspects of Bombax ceiba collected from forest of Hauz Rani, New Delhi, India.
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