Cozy Tales Storytime - The Great Kapok Tree

This is the most popular fruit tree in Sabah Agriculture Park of Tenom. Visitors are amazed and super curious about it, but usually nobody tells them what it is. It's a Cannonball tree (Scientific Name: Couroupita guianensis), a native plant of South and Central America. The fruit is edible but the taste is terrible. Its pulp and juice can be used as the medicines. In India, Cannonball tree is a sacred tree of Hindus. #sabah #malaysia #borneo #tenom #sabahagriculturepark #fruit #cannonballtree #

The mighty Kapok Tree 🌳Are you familiar with this impressive towering tree? Check out this video posted by the St. George Village Botanical Garden a few years ago to learn more about this majestic tree, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dBKAsBgN960 #gotostcroix #kapok #kapoktree #ceiba #ceibapentandra #botanicalgardens #stgeorgevillagebotanicalgarden #stcroix #usvi #usvirginislands | GoToStCroix.com

I discovered a fiber in the Philippines when I was visiting my dad earlier this year in what’s considered to be the mango capital of the world: Guimaras (even in non-mango season, they were delicious) and all I could pay attention to was this tree pod on the side of the road that was split open, revealing what looked like the softest fiber that demanded to be touched. I looked at my dad’s wife who grew up in the area, and asked her if it was okay to touch it. She laughed and said “yes, of course