COTTON TREE OF FREETOWN (KAPOK)
This week we head to Sierra Leone and take a look at their famous kapok, the Cotton Tree of Freetown (Ceiba pentandra). The kapok is a tree that has had uses for humans for thousands of years, but the Cotton Tree of Freetown was far more than just a useful tree representing the spirit of a nation.
Kapok tree
(Ceiba pentandra)
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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Batobureh
Additional Reading:
The Kapok (Ceiba pentandra)
Facts from the Missouri Bot. Garden
Profile for human use
The Cotton Tree of Freetown
Silk Cotton Tree: Home to the spirits of the forest
Around the World in 80 Trees
Story of Trees & How They Changed the World
Tallest Angiosperms in the World