Cotton

Japanese: 木棉 - きわた
Cotton

...A tall tree of the Bucconaceae family that can grow to a height of 20 m or more (illustration). The base is supported by buttress roots that protrude like plates, and the branches grow horizontally in whorls from the upright trunk, forming a telegraph pole-like shape. The leaves are palmate and divided into 5 to 8 lobes, and the tree sheds for a short period of time when the fruit ripens. Several pedicels emerge from the leaf axils, each of which bears a single milky white flower. The fruit is oblong, 10 to 13 cm long, and hangs from the branch. It is divided into five chambers inside, containing 100 to 150 seeds wrapped in long hairs, which split when ripe to expose the fiber called kapok (also known as papyrus). ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cotton" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キワタ科の高木で,高さ20m,またはそれ以上になる(イラスト)。基部は板状にはり出す板根に支えられ,枝は直立する幹から水平に輪生して,電信柱のような樹形をつくる。葉は掌状で5~8片に分かれ,果実が成熟するころ短期間落葉する。葉腋(ようえき)から数本の花梗を出し,乳白色の花を1個ずつつける。果実は長楕円形で長さ10~13cm,枝からぶら下がる。内部は5室に分かれ,長毛に包まれた100~150個の種子があり,熟すと割れて,カポック(別名パンヤ)と呼ばれる繊維を露出する。…

※「木棉」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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