分類
界 : 植物界 Plantae
門 : 被子植物門 Magnoliophyta
綱 : 双子葉植物綱 Magnoliopsida
目 : アオイ目 Malvales
科 : パンヤ科 Bombacaceae
属 : インドワタノキ属 Ceiba
種 : カポック C. pentandra
学名
Ceiba pentandra
和名
パンヤノキ、インドワタノキ
英名
Kapok
カポック（Ceiba pentandra）は、パンヤ科インドワタノキ属の落葉高木。別名、パンヤノキ、インドワタノキ。アメリカや東南アジアなどで栽培されている。
カポック繊維
カポックの実から採れる繊維は撥水性に優れ、枕などの詰め物として使われている他、第二次世界大戦中は、救命胴衣にも利用されていた。今でも、競艇業界では救命胴衣のことをカポックと呼んでいる。
近年、この繊維が油を大量に吸収することが発見され、油吸収材として使用されるようになった他、農薬・化学肥料を使わず、また、樹木を切り倒す必要の無いなどのことから、地球に優しいエコロジー素材としても関心が高まっている。
Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa. The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba. It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.
The tree grows to 60-70 m (200-230 ft) tall and has a very substantial trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter with buttresses. The trunk and many of the larger branches are densely crowded with very large, robust simple thorns. The leaves are compound of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to 20 cm (8 in) and palm like. Adult trees produce several hundred 15 cm (6 in) seed pods. The pods contain seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fiber that is a mix of lignin and cellulose.
The fibre is light, very buoyant, resilient, highly flammable and resistant to water. The process of harvesting and separating the fibre is labour-intensive and manual. It cannot be spun but is used as an alternative to down as filling in mattresses, pillows, upholstery, teddy bears, zafus and for insulation. It was previously much used in life jackets and similar devices. The fibre has been largely replaced by man-made materials. The seeds produce an oil used locally in soap and that can be used as fertilizer.
In Southeast Asian countries kapok has larger seed pods and the fibre which is highly flammable is used as a fuel in fire pistons, in Thailand called taban fai ตะบันไฟ.
The commercial tree is most heavily cultivated in Asia, notably in Java (hence its nicknames), Philippines, and Malaysia, but also in South America.
A similar fibre is found in the Indian Bombax ceiba (also known as Bombax malabaricum or "silk-cotton tree"). It is termed Indian kapok and is darker in colour and less buoyant than the true variety. Another species, the Kapok Bush Aerva javanica, produces a material that is used for stuffing pillows.
This tree is the official national tree of Puerto Rico.
ehnomedical uses
Ceiba pentandra bark decoction has been used as a diuretic, aphrodisiac, and to treat headache, as well as type II diabetes.
Ceiba pentandra is used as an additive to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
界 : 植物界 Plantae
門 : 被子植物門 Magnoliophyta
綱 : 双子葉植物綱 Magnoliopsida
目 : アオイ目 Malvales
科 : パンヤ科 Bombacaceae
属 : インドワタノキ属 Ceiba
種 : カポック C. pentandra
学名
Ceiba pentandra
和名
パンヤノキ、インドワタノキ
英名
Kapok
カポック（Ceiba pentandra）は、パンヤ科インドワタノキ属の落葉高木。別名、パンヤノキ、インドワタノキ。アメリカや東南アジアなどで栽培されている。
カポック繊維
カポックの実から採れる繊維は撥水性に優れ、枕などの詰め物として使われている他、第二次世界大戦中は、救命胴衣にも利用されていた。今でも、競艇業界では救命胴衣のことをカポックと呼んでいる。
近年、この繊維が油を大量に吸収することが発見され、油吸収材として使用されるようになった他、農薬・化学肥料を使わず、また、樹木を切り倒す必要の無いなどのことから、地球に優しいエコロジー素材としても関心が高まっている。
Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa. The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba. It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.
The tree grows to 60-70 m (200-230 ft) tall and has a very substantial trunk up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter with buttresses. The trunk and many of the larger branches are densely crowded with very large, robust simple thorns. The leaves are compound of 5 to 9 leaflets, each up to 20 cm (8 in) and palm like. Adult trees produce several hundred 15 cm (6 in) seed pods. The pods contain seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fiber that is a mix of lignin and cellulose.
The fibre is light, very buoyant, resilient, highly flammable and resistant to water. The process of harvesting and separating the fibre is labour-intensive and manual. It cannot be spun but is used as an alternative to down as filling in mattresses, pillows, upholstery, teddy bears, zafus and for insulation. It was previously much used in life jackets and similar devices. The fibre has been largely replaced by man-made materials. The seeds produce an oil used locally in soap and that can be used as fertilizer.
In Southeast Asian countries kapok has larger seed pods and the fibre which is highly flammable is used as a fuel in fire pistons, in Thailand called taban fai ตะบันไฟ.
The commercial tree is most heavily cultivated in Asia, notably in Java (hence its nicknames), Philippines, and Malaysia, but also in South America.
A similar fibre is found in the Indian Bombax ceiba (also known as Bombax malabaricum or "silk-cotton tree"). It is termed Indian kapok and is darker in colour and less buoyant than the true variety. Another species, the Kapok Bush Aerva javanica, produces a material that is used for stuffing pillows.
This tree is the official national tree of Puerto Rico.
ehnomedical uses
Ceiba pentandra bark decoction has been used as a diuretic, aphrodisiac, and to treat headache, as well as type II diabetes.
Ceiba pentandra is used as an additive to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
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