Flower looks like half peeled banana?

Question

hi I want to know about a large and heavy flower which is looks like half peeled banana with thick petals. and there is a green cup beneath of this flower it is found on big large tree when flower blooms there is no leaves on the tree just branches and flower and after flower there is a fruit on this tree it is also large and looks like pillow with cotton. and also has connto like thing in it... can someone please tell me what is that flower's name because it is very useful for joint's ache but I don't know the name of it. it found in Red and also in Yellow colors.

Answer 1

Ya better give the photo instead of all this description.

Answer 2

It will be better if you could give a photograph of the flower with few leaves or a branch. It will be easy for identification.

Answer 3

It is a tree called variously as follows( It is one and the same tree, so do not get confused ) -

Kapok,

Silkcotton tree

Bombax malabarica ,

Salmalia malabarica ,

Ceiba pentandra .

The description you gave is fit for the tree,

Pictures will follow soon =

Yellow ceiba -flower

http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/ima...

Red flower -

http://www.tamilnet.com/img/publish/2007...

fruit with silkcotton floss inside a fruit -

http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/NPF31...