Kapok (Ceiba pentandra)

Phát âm

Phiên âm: /ˈkeɪpɒk/

Từ loại: Noun

Nghĩa tiếng Việt:
Cây gòn, bông gạo

Nghĩa tiếng Anh:
Kapok (Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.) is a large deciduous tree, best known for the fibre produced by its fruit. It usually reaches a height of about 30-40 m but some varieties such as caribaea can reach 70 m. The following kapok products can be used as animal feeds: Kapok leaves are valuable fodder relished by sheep, goats and cattle. Kapok leaves are also used in ethno-veterinary medicine in Tamil Nadu where they are pounded with fermented boiled rice and administered to cows orally for reproductive problems. Kapok seed meal (press cake): it results from the extraction of seed oil and is used for feeding ruminants and pigs. Kapok oil may also be used for feeding ruminants.

Thuật ngữ liên quan:

• Extraction
• Oil
• Product
• Animal feed
• Reproductive
• Fibre
• Ruminant
• Biomass
• Multipurpose tree species

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