Kapok is initially hand cleaned when gathered by villagers. Passed on to larger town centers that have a machine similar to a wool carding machine that further cleans the fiber for distribution and making into the multitude of products that kapok lends itself to such as pillows, mattresses, bolsters, meditation massage yoga mats and cushions, inserts. Any spills on kapok products will be repelled by the water resistant properties of the fiber itself so simply sponge off the shell that holds your kapok product and put it out to dry in direct sunlight or in a dryer on warm with a couple of tennis balls. Kapok products puff/fluff back up when regularly placed in direct sunlight and this lengthens the 20-30 years of life that you will enjoy from your wonderfully naturally organic Kapok filled product.
Kapok is dispersed by splitting
"i think ... that moss and some snakes do live with the kapok tree but toucans live on the kapok tree."
Kapok Fibre
when the kapok pops, its seeds go all over the place and then it will grow on a new kapok tree (i think =.=)
The health hazards that exist for working with Kapok fibers are only hazardous when the Kapok is burned. The fibers could be toxic. Kapok fibers are hypoallergenic and usually harmless.
seeeds of kapok tree are dispersed by wind
The Great Kapok Tree was created in 1990.
A mature kapok tree may be 60 - 70 m.
They are found in the amazon rainforest
kapok is from the kapok tree. it has a seed pod similar to the cotton tree pod and the kapok ( as with the cotton ) is the fibre from inside the pod it is generally used for matress, toy and pillow stuffing
The relative molecular weight of kapok seed oil is 875.081.
Kapok is the most common name for the tree, the flowers 'hang down.'