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Kapok update

Posted in Flora, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , on February 12, 2020| 4 Comments »

What a difference two months make.

The Pochote pods on the previously blogged Kapok (aka, Ceiba) tree have opened.

And, cottony fluff occasionally floats in the air…

… even from the Ceiba that soars above the courtyard of La Biznaga.

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Kapok, who knew?

Posted in Flora, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , on January 13, 2020| 5 Comments »

It was only recently that I learned that Oaxaca’s ubiquitous and beloved Ceiba tree was also known as the Kapok tree. Yikes, kapok was the stuff that stuffed the overstuffed furniture in my grandparents’ living room.

Those avocado-like pods (also known as pochote) contain a fluffy cotton-like fiber that is difficult to spin but is light and-water resistant — thus its use in mattresses, pillows, upholstery, stuffed animals, and life jackets. All hail and much respect to the “the mother tree of humankind.“

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