What material is kapok? What is its purpose?

Kapok, also known as red cotton, hero tree, Panzhihua, spotted cheese cotton, spotted cheese tree and climbing branches, belongs to the kapok family and is a deciduous tree, originally from India. Kapok is a deciduous tree growing in tropical and subtropical regions, with a height of 10-25m. The bottom of the trunk is densely covered with thorns to prevent animals from invading.

The appearance of kapok changes greatly: in spring, a tree is orange-red; In summer, green leaves are shaded; Autumn leaves are bleak; There are bare branches and cold trees in winter, and the four seasons present different scenes. Kapok is orange and red. It blooms from March to April. It blooms first and then grows leaves. Its tree shape has masculine beauty. Kapok has large and beautiful flowers and majestic trees, which can be planted as garden ornamental trees and street trees.

Kapok is now the city flower of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Panzhihua, Sichuan Province and Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province Province. The signs used by Garden Hotel, South China University of Technology, China Southern Airlines and Guangzhou TV Station all have kapok patterns, while Guangdong TV Station used kapok signs in the past.

The bonfire originated from Zhao Tuo, king of South Vietnam, and was named after the tree was full of red flowers. Gubei originated from the transliteration of Sanskrit Karpassa; Northern Hebei believes that it originated from the transliteration of Ceiba in Nanyang dialect. The name originally refers to Ceiba Pentandra of Kapok, Java, which is confused because of its similar appearance. The name of Qiongzhi refers to the trees growing on Hainan Island, hence the name.

The flowers of the kapok tree are bright red, just like the blood of a hero, so it is called the hero tree.

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