Other names : Silk Cotton tree, Cotton tree, tree cotton, Bombax malabaricum, Salmalia malabarica, Shalmali, Semul, Simul, Mocharasa<br>
==Special Precautions of Bombax Ceiba==
==Benefits and uses of Bombax Ceiba are==
* Bark is mucilaginous, demulcent, emetic and tonic. Its spines are used as antifugal.gum is known as "mocharus". Used for healing wounds and to stop bleeding.
* Flowers are astringent and good for skin troubles and haemorrhoids.
==Used in Patent medicine==
* [[Abhayarista]]
== References ==
* ''In vivo antitrypanosomal effects of some ethnomedicinal plants from nupeland of north central Nigeria. Mann A, Ifarajimi OR, Adewoye AT, Ukam C, Udeme EE, Okorie II, Sakpe MS, Ibrahim DR, Yahaya YA, Kabir AY, Ogbadoyi EO. Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal Polytechnic Bida, P. M. B. 55, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.''
*''A guide to the Bodhisattva way of life By Śāntideva, Vesna A. Wallace, B. Alan Wallace.''
*''Bombax ceiba Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax_ceiba)''
*''Bombax ceiba picture by By Santosh Kumar Sharma Dr. Santosh Kumar Sharma via Flickr under Creative Commons License terms See original here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/santosh_ujj/4814904838/''
*''Plant names in other languages: Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Origanum Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Origanum.html > (2007).''
*''Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Bombax Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bombax.html >''
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