reddish shimul red silk cotton flower tree and green paddy field background

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Reddish Shimul Red Silk Cotton flower tree at Munshgonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Reddish Shimul Red Silk Cotton flower blooming tree at Munshgonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Close-up cotton flower flowering, flowers pod Shimul Red Silk Cotton Tree in Munshgonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Reddish Shimul Red Silk Cotton flower tree and green paddy field background.

A Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher is sitting next to a red flower of Shimul Red Silk Cotton Tree. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Shimul a tall, fleshy, deciduous tree, Bombax ceiba of the family Bombacaceae, attaining about 30-40 m in height with a straight bole, covered with numerous angular spines all over the stem. Flowers are large, reddish and showy. Fruits are oblong with silky hairs inside. The wood is soft, light and perishable. It occurs in the forest areas of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, and Sylhet, and also grown and available all over Bangladesh. It is mainly used in match industries for making match boxes and match splints. The wood has a great demand for packing cases, toys, second grade pencils, planking, coffins, etc. Cotton is used for making good quality pillow, bed, and mattress. Gum of the plant and roots have some medicinal value.