木棉亦称红棉、英雄树、攀枝花等,为木棉科的落叶大乔木。学名为Gossampinus malabariea(DC.)Merr.。分布于印度、马来亚、热带澳洲和我国南部。我省的中部、南部和海南岛有野生或栽培,在海南岛较常见,有的散生于低山、丘陵的河 Kapok, also known as cotton, heroic tree, Panzhihua, etc., for the kapok Branch of the deciduous trees. Scientific name Gossampinus malabariea (DC.) Merr .. Distributed in India, Malaya, tropical Australia and southern China. The province of central, southern and Hainan Island have wild or cultivated in Hainan Island is more common, some scattered in the low mountains, hills of the river