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Cochlospermum
Cochlospermum Blooming Cochlospermum religiosum, sometimes called yellow silk-cotton tree.

Cochlospermum

plant genus
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Cochlospermum, genus of about 15 species of tropical trees. The buttercup tree (C. vitifolium), found in Central America and the West Indies, has bright-yellow, cup-shaped flowers about 10 cm (4 inches) across. In some areas rope is made of its bark. Several species yield dye. The seeds of C. angolense, an African species, yield a red dye; the roots of C. planchoni, also African, yield a yellow dye; and C. religiosum (India and Myanmar) produces a gum known as kondagogu that can substitute for gum tragacanth.

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