heptaphyllum

The most abundant trees of the primary forest are babaçu, Eugenia sp., the yellow mombin fruit Spondias mombin, a hardwood timber Gustavia augusta, a legume Swartzia polyphylla, Hyeronima alchorneoides, and a tree used for incense, Protium heptaphyllum.

Maranhão Babaçu forests 2008

With few exceptions all the innumerable nests of _O. sutorius_ that I have seen were lined with some soft substance -- cotton-wool, the silky down of the cotton-tree (_Bomlax heptaphyllum_) grass-down, soft horsehair, or even human hair, while the nests of _P. stewarti_ are almost without exception _lined_ with fine grass-roots.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

He showed us, as a proof of the fertility of this climate, a silk-cotton tree (Bombax heptaphyllum), the trunk of which, in its fourth year, had reached nearly two feet and a half in diameter.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Its botanical name is _Salmalia malabarica_ (_Bombax malabaricum; B. heptaphyllum_).

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822

He showed us, as a proof of the fertility of this climate, a silk-cotton tree (Bombax heptaphyllum), the trunk of which, in its fourth year, had reached nearly two feet and a half in diameter.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814