COCHLOSPERMUM RELIGIOSUM 
Cochlospermum — shell-seed; religiosum — planted by Indian temples 
English names: Buttercup Tree, Yellow Cot- 
ton-tree 
Family : Bixaceae 
Country of origin : India 
Colour : petals yellow ; stamens orange- 
yellow. 
Garden use : a fairly quick-growing small 
tree with open branching, 
flowering almost continuously 
in Malaya, each flower lasting 
a day and a half; fruits seldom 
form in the south of Malaya. 
by woody cuttings or marcots, 
or from seeds. 
Propagation : 
Flower characters: sepals petals g, not joined 
together ; stamens many ; ovary 
with a single style and a single 
cavity, the ovules in g rows on 
the ovary- wall. 
Fruit: 3 inches long, dry, smooth, 
splitting into g parts; seeds 
many, small, coiled like a 
small shell, covered with long 
hairs. 
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