Ceiba speciosa (fka: Chorisia speciosa) - Kapok Tree, Floss Silk Tree

The flowers look like cotton wool ..

Mushybanna:

No, the flowers are huge hibiscus-like red, white or pink flowers which cover the tree profusely in late Summer or early Fall. The kapok come out of a big seed pods...the seeds are in the kapok. : > )

It s great to see Kapok growing - I use it as toy stuffing.

Drc726:

I didn't realize it was still used around the world for stuffing. Here in the U.S. almost everything is synthetic.

Oh yes its very much still used, I find for toys it works much better.

Drc726:

I would think so, also...because it's an organic material.