Mochras Gum – Silk Cotton Tree Resin – Bombax ceiba - 25 grams

$12.52

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Mochras gum is obtained from the Bombax ceiba tree which grows in India. South East Asia and some parts of South Africa. Like other trees of the same family or genus it is also well known as The Cotton Tree. but it is also sometimes known as The Red Silk Cotton Tree or simply Red Cotton Tree; sometimes as Silk Cotton Tree or Kapok tree both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra.

This Asian tropical tree has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage. It produces a capsule which, when ripe, contains white fibres like cotton. Its trunk bears spikes to deter attacks by animals. Although its stout trunk suggests that it is useful for timber, its wood is too soft to be very useful.

Traditional Uses for Mochras Gum:-

The gum obtained from the tree ( from the flowers) is sometimes used as a substitute for Gum Tragacanth as a thickener in commercial food stuffs as well as its use in bookbinding and cosmetic preparations etc.

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