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Descriptor English: Bombax
Descriptor Spanish: Bombax
Descriptor Bombax
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia BOMBACACEAE. Los filamentos sedosos finos que cubren las semillas se han empleado como kapok (CEIBA) para la flotación, relleno y aislamiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bombax
Descriptor French: Bombax
Entry term(s): Bombax ceiba
Bombax malabaricum
Salmalia malabaricum
malabaricum, Bombax
malabaricum, Salmalia
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.859.821.500.148
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035163
Scope note: A plant genus of the family BOMBACACEAE. The fine silky hairs covering the seeds have been used like kapok (CEIBA) for floatation, stuffing, and insulation.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36759
Unique ID: D035163
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2018/06/13
Bombax - Preferred
Concept UI M0406956
Scope note A plant genus of the family BOMBACACEAE. The fine silky hairs covering the seeds have been used like kapok (CEIBA) for floatation, stuffing, and insulation.
Preferred term Bombax
Bombax ceiba - Narrower
Concept UI M0406957
Preferred term Bombax ceiba
Entry term(s) Bombax malabaricum
Salmalia malabaricum
malabaricum, Bombax
malabaricum, Salmalia



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