Cotton tree may refer to:
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Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone)
The Cotton Tree is a ''Ceiba pentandra'', also known commonly as a kapok tree, a historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. The Cotton Tree gained importance in 1792 when a group of formerly enslaved African Americans, who ha ...
, a kapok tree (''Ceiba pentandra'') that is an historic symbol of Freetown in Sierra Leone
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Bombax ceiba
''Bombax ceiba'', like other trees of the genus ''Bombax'', is commonly known as cotton tree. More specifically, it is sometimes known as Malabar silk-cotton tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok, both of ...
'', a plant species commonly known as cotton tree
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Gossypium
''Gossypium'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. There are about 50 ''Gossypiu ...
'', the cotton plant, which can grow from a bush to a tree
Places
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Cotton Tree, Queensland
Cotton Tree is a coastal neighbourhood within the suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
Although not officially bounded, Cotton Tree is generally recognised as being bounded by the Maroochy River ...
, a neighborhood in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
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Cottontree
Cottontree and Winewall are two hamlets situated in the civil parish of Trawden Forest in Borough of Pendle, Pendle, Lancashire. They are adjacent to one other and located between the towns of Colne and Trawden. Cottontree is generally situated ...
, a hamlet in Lancashire, England, sometimes spelt Cotton Tree
See also
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Cottonwood (disambiguation)
Cottonwood may refer to:
Plants
* ''Celtis conferta'' subsp. ''amblyphylla'', a tree in the hemp and hackberry family
* ''Hibiscus tiliaceus'', a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family
* In the genus ''Populus'', a number of difficult-to- ...
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Bombax
''Bombax'' is a genus of mainly tropical trees in the mallow family. They are native to western Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and the subtropical regions of East Asia and northern Australia. It is distinguished from the genu ...
'', a genus of plants often called "silk cotton tree", "red cotton tree", or "kapok tree"
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Kapok tree
Kapok tree can refer to several plants Malvales with one exception with seeds that grow long hairs:
*''Bombax ceiba'', an Asian tree with red flowers
*''Calotropis procera'' (Asterid), a shrub with white and purple flowers, native to Asia and ...
, several plant species
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Silk-cotton tree Silk-cotton tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*''Bombax ceiba'', native to the Asian tropics
*''Ceiba pentandra'', native to the American tropics and west Africa
*''Cochlospermum religiosum
''Cochlospermum religiosum'' i ...
, several plant species
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Hibiscus tilliaceus
''Hibiscus tiliaceus'', commonly known as the sea hibiscus or coast cottonwood, is a species of Flowering plant, flowering tree in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae, with a pantropical distribution along coastlines. It has also been introduced ...
'', a flowering tree sometimes known as the cottonwood tree
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