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Kapok is not usually used in carpets. the fibers are hard to work and are extremely flammable, making it difficult, expensive, and dangerous for use in carpeting.
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What is the kapok trees' wood used for?
The kapok tree is used for sick people that live in the rainforest to eat or lick.
Kapok is a fluffy material which is used for stuffing furniture it comes from the silk c.tree?
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
Does the kapok tree have any uses?
The Kapok tree produces seeds with a silk type covering. This fiber is used commercially as pillow stuffing.
How is the kapok dispersed?
Like a dandelion or a milkweed plant, the seeds of the kapok plant are dispersed by the wind. The fluffy masses of seed used to be used to stuff life jackets.
What is a silky fiber from hair used to stuff pillows?
Kapok
What is kapok dispersed by?
Kapok is dispersed by splitting
What lives with or on the kapok tree Does moss live on the kapok tree or do snakes live on the kapok tree?
"i think ... that moss and some snakes do live with the kapok tree but toucans live on the kapok tree."
Fabric obtained from the fruit of the kapok tree?
Kapok Fibre
What is kapok?
Kapok is a plant that grows in the South Pacific areas. The husk of the fruit was very fiberous and was used to stuff toys and, due to its bouyancy, life jackets.
Do kapok trees have leaves?
The Kapok produces sap just like any other tree; it's how all trees get nutritients to their branches and leaves. In the case of the Kapok it's not like you make a cut and you can harvest the sap like a gum tree. You have to rip off the bark and boil it. The resulting produce from the Kapok is used in medicines to treat headaches, diabetes and impotence. The most common harvest is that of the kapok seeds, used in mattresses, pillows, floating devices and stuffing for teddy bears.
How does a kapok tree reproduce?
when the kapok pops, its seeds go all over the place and then it will grow on a new kapok tree (i think =.=)
Are there any health hazards working with kapok fibers?
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.
