In Guyana, the Silk Cotton tree is also known as the ‘Jumbie’ Tree. According to folklore, it is the most feared and notorious place to find a spirit and other supernatural being.

Silk cotton is a medicinal tree, which is also beneficial in coughs and gallstones. By grinding its raw fruit, making powder or decoction, you get to benefit in stones and other urinary problems.

The red silk-cotton tree alone is worth the trip to Bradenton’s Palma Sola Botanical Park. The tree is aflame with hundreds of huge red flowers.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Sunday, a group of green thumbs met up on the Vanchiyoor-Uppidamoodu Road, where road-widening work was slated to begin. The group, Tree ...

FROM TIME immemorial, trees have provided us with two of life’s essentials, food and oxygen. As we evolved, they provided additional necessities such as ...

The silk cotton is an outstanding tree in our tropical setting as it towers in height far above the general level of the forest canopy. It may reach heights of over 150 feet (46 metres) and it is ...