Thanks to Thomas we now know that our Bread Fruit tree (See posting on Nov. 10, 2004"If not Bread Fruit then what?") is really the Kapok Tree or Silk-cotton tree. Turns out they use this tree for all kinds of cool things:
-the straight trunks are used to make dugout canoes
-the white, fluffy seed covering is used in pillows, mattresses, flotation devices and padding
-the seeds, leaves, bark and resin have been used to treat dysentery, fever, asthma, and kidney disease
Isn’t that awesome?! Anyway we picked one of the Silk-cotton pods and found all this cool stuff inside.
