Bombacaceae
Bombacaceae A family of trees, closely related to
Malvaceae, in which the trunk is often stout, and the leaves often palmately
compound (see
PALMATE) and usually scaly. The flowers are often large, and hermaphrodite. They have 5
sepals and
petals, usually partly united, numerous free
stamens, and a
superior ovary of 2–5 fused
carpels. The fruit is a big, woody
capsule, often spiny, or tessellated. There are 30 genera, with about 250 species, distributed in the tropics.
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Flora of Thailand. Volume 9/Part 1. Aizoaceae, Aralidiaceae, Bombacaceae, Datiscaceae, Iteaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Molluginaceae, Petrosaviaceae, Pontederiaceae, Santalaceae, Sarcospermataceae
Magazine article from: Kew Bulletin; 1/1/2007; ; 616 words
; ...Part 1. Aizoaceae, Aralidiaceae, Bombacaceae, Datiscaceae, Iteaceae, Lardizabalaceae...small families, the largest being the Bombacaceae (Chamlong Phengklai) and Santalaceae...drawings are of high quality except for the Bombacaceae where it seems scanning errors have...
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Alternative Web Browser Secure IE Surpasses 500,000 Paid Users; Customers Willing to Pay for Security and Privacy Despite Numerous Free Options.
Business Wire; 9/29/2004; 680 words
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Abróchense los cinturones. (numerosos viajes gratis de funcionaria española)(TT: Fasten your seatbelts) (TA: numerous free trips of Spanish official)
Magazine article from: Tribuna de Actualidad; 6/23/1997; 410 words
; Santo Domingo, Tokio, Pars, Nueva York Todos ellos han sido destinos de los viajes gratis total que ha hecho la consejera de Economa de la Junta de Andaluca, Magdalena Alvarez. En total, segn ha publicado ABC, ha viajado con Iberia en 444 ocasiones, muchas veces acompaada por su esposo y su hija,
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NFL salary cap to increase more than $10 million Packers should benefit with numerous free agents
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/11/1998; ; 700+ words
; Just 11 months ago, National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue stood in front of reporters at the owners meetings in Palm Springs, Calif., and said with a straight face that the salary cap probably wouldn't go up much in 1998. Most players and agents, aware that a new blockbuster
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Recent findings from National Autonomous University highlight research in economics.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 7/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...Morphological Variation of Ceiba aesculifolia subsp. parvifolia (Bombacaceae) in the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley. Archaeological studies...Morphological Variation of Ceiba aesculifolia subsp parvifolia (Bombacaceae) in the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley. Economic Botany...
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Durian's 200-year old cousin
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/31/2004; ; 362 words
; ...and other African proverbs are cluttered with mentions of bombacaceae adansonia digitata, the world's hardiest tree. There...years. Not many know boababs is a distant relative of the bombacaceae durio zibethinus - our durian. Judging from its dense leaves...
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The effect of addition of whey on the acceptability of Tebeldi juice.(Report)
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Veisseyre, 1989). Tebeldi is the baobab (Adansonia digitat L) which is a fruit-producing tree belonging to the family Bombacaceae. Tebeldi has an exceedingly wide range of uses ranging from food and beverages to medical uses (Gebauer et al., 2002...
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Ceiba pentandra bark extract has hypoglycemic properties in diabetic rats.
Newspaper article from: Obesity & Diabetes Week; 3/24/2003; 531 words
; ...The claim by Nigerian traditional herbal medicine practitioners that the silk cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra L. Gaertn (Bombacaceae) bark extract has antidiabetic properties was investigated," researchers in Nigeria report. "Diabetes mellitus was induced...
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Study results from S. Bumrungsri and colleagues update understanding of tropical ecology.
Newspaper article from: China Weekly News; 2/24/2009; 688 words
; ...colleagues published their study in the Journal of Tropical Ecology (The pollination ecology of durian (Durio zibethinus, Bombacaceae) in southern Thailand. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2009;25(Part 1):85-92). For more information, contact...
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Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants: a new phylogenetic approach to angiosperms of the temperate and tropical regions
Magazine article from: Kew Bulletin; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...part, for dicots with triaperturate pollen). - Plantaginaceae includes Scrophulariaceae in part. - Malvaceae includes Bombacaceae, Stercultaceae and Tiliaceae. - Liliaceae is split into several families. - Asterales is divided into Asteridae 1, Asteridae...
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Silk Cotton Family (Bombacaceae)
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Silk Cotton Family (Bombacaceae) The silk cotton family (Bombacaceae) is a group of about 200 species of tropical trees, some of which are of commercial importance as sources of lumber, fibrous material, or food. Species in the silk cotton...
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Bombacaceae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Bombacaceae A family of trees, closely related to Malvaceae , in which the trunk is often stout, and the leaves often palmately compound...
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kapok
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kapok , name for a tropical tree of the family Bombacaceae ( bombax family) and for the fiber (floss) obtained from the seeds in the...the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Malvales, family Bombacaceae.
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bombax
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bombax , common name for the Bombacaceae, a family of deciduous trees, often tall and with unusually...Ceriba whose seed fibers are used as filling material. The Bombacaceae are classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida...
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Neesia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Neesia (family Bombacaceae ) A genus of trees in which the fruit is a big, 5-angled, tessellated capsule with the inner surface of the valves clothed in irritant hairs. There are 8 species, occurring in rain forests from Thailand to Borneo.
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