I don't think there's such a thing as a silk tree (rather there is one that is nick named silk tree but it doesn't exactly produce silk.) The fluffy 'Kapok' material comes from a Kapok tree.
The Kapok tree produces seeds with a silk type covering. This fiber is used commercially as pillow stuffing.
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
No fruit comes from this tree. Adult trees sprout pod cells that are fluffy, and yellowish and are a mixture of lignin and cellulose. For more info, check out this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapok_tree
The kapok is a type of tree. It comes from tropical places such as the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Many different species live on or around the kapok tree. Moss could potentially grow on the bark of a kapok tree, especially in humid environments. Snakes may also inhabit kapok trees to seek shelter or prey on animals that visit the tree.
The Great Kapok Tree was created in 1990.
There are a number of plants that use or have the word Silk in thier common names;These include:Albizia julibrissin (Persian silk tree, pink silktree)Bombax ceiba (Red Silk Cotton Tree)Ceiba pentandra (Kapok, Ceiba or Silk Cotton Tree)There are also such things as "silk plants" which are fake or artificial plants that are made of silk. They are commonly used as decorations.
when the kapok pops, its seeds go all over the place and then it will grow on a new kapok tree (i think =.=)
A mature kapok tree may be 60 - 70 m.
Kapok Fibre
seeeds of kapok tree are dispersed by wind
its not us that need the kapok tree its the animals in the tropical rain forest they all depend on that tree espesally the fruit bat