Sugar Pear

Kapok

About Sugar Pear and Kapok

Sugar Pear

Kapok

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What is

Life Span

Perennial

Type

Fruit

Tree

Origin

Europe, Western Asia

Southern Asia, Southeastern Asia, India, China, Melanesia, Australia

Types

pride pear,Triumph pear,jersey pear

Ceiba casearia, Bombax pentandrum

Number of Varieties

1010

0 40000

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Habitat

Hedge, Wood Margins

Tropical regions

USDA Hardiness Zone

5-99-15

0 99

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AHS Heat Zone

9-5

12-7

Sunset Zone

2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

H1, H2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Habit

Oval or Rounded

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

370.00 cm1,830.00 cm

0 3900

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Minimum Width

300.00 cm1,830.00 cm

0 6350

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Plant Color

Flower Color

White

Red, Orange Red

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

White, Yellow, Red, Green, Yellow green

Brown

Leaf Color in Spring

Dark Green

Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Dark Green

Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Purple, Dark Green, Burgundy

Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Lance shaped

Palmate

Thorns

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Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Growth Rate

Medium

Type of Soil

Loam

Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Neutral

Acidic, Neutral

Soil Drainage

Well drained

Bloom Time

Spring

Early Spring, Late Winter

Repeat Bloomer

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Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground

How to Plant?

Budding, Grafting, Seedlings

Seedlings

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

Average Water Needs

In Summer

Lots of watering

Moderate

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Neutral

Acidic, Neutral

Soil Type

Loam

Loam, Sand

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Prune when young, Remove dead branches

Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Nitrogen

Pests and Diseases

Aphids, Caterpillars, codling moth

Bacterial leaf spot, Red blotch, Root rot

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Drought, Soil Compaction

Facts

Flowers

Showy

Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

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Edible Fruit

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Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

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Fragrant Fruit

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Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

Showy Foliage

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Showy Bark

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Foliage Texture

Medium

Coarse

Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Evergreen

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Invasive

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Self-Sowing

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Attracts

Birds, Butterflies

Bees, Birds, Hummingbirds

Allergy

Headache, Pulmonary oedema, Respiratory distress, wheezing

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Beauty Benefits

Improve skin tone, Making cosmetics, Moisturizing, Skin irritation

Edible Uses

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Environmental Uses

Air purification

No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion, soil stabilisation

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Astringent, Febrifuge, Sedative

Aphrodisiac, Diuretic

Part of Plant Used

Fruits

Leaves, Seeds

Other Uses

Shelterbelt, Used to make yellow dye

Oil is used as an industrial solvent, Used as Ornamental plant

Used As Indoor Plant

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Used As Outdoor Plant

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Garden Design

Edible, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier

Feature Plant, Shade Trees, Tropical

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

PYRUS communis 'Sugar'

Ceiba pentandra

Common Name

Dessert Pear, Pear, Sugar Pear

Cotton Tree, Red Kapok, Red-silk-cotton Tree

In Hindi

Sugar pear

सफ़ेद सेमल / शाल्मली

In German

Kultur-Birne

Kapok baum

In French

Poirier commun

Fromager

In Spanish

Pyrus communis

Ceiba

In Greek

Sugar pear

Ceiba

In Portuguese

Sugar pear

Mafumeira

In Polish

Grusza pospolita

Puchowiec pięciopręcikowy

In Latin

Sugar pear

Ceiba

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Malvales

Family

Rosaceae

Bombacaceae

Genus

Pyrus

Ceiba

Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Eudicots, Rosids

Tribe

Subfamily

Number of Species

3510

1 27800

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Properties of Sugar Pear and Kapok

Wondering what are the properties of Sugar Pear and Kapok? We provide you with everything About Sugar Pear and Kapok. Sugar Pear has thorns and Kapok doesn't have thorns. Also Sugar Pear does not have fragrant flowers. Sugar Pear has allergic reactions like and Kapok has allergic reactions like . Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Sugar Pear and Kapok and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Sugar Pear and Kapok

Season and care of Sugar Pear and Kapok is important to know. While considering everything about Sugar Pear and Kapok Care, growing season is an essential factor. Sugar Pear season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Kapok season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Sugar Pear is Loam and for Kapok is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Sugar Pear is Neutral and for Kapok is Acidic, Neutral.

Sugar Pear and Kapok Physical Information

Sugar Pear and Kapok physical information is very important for comparison. Sugar Pear height is 370.00 cm and width 300.00 cm whereas Kapok height is 1,830.00 cm and width 1,830.00 cm. The color specification of Sugar Pear and Kapok are as follows:

Sugar Pear flower color: White
Sugar Pear leaf color: Dark Green
Kapok flower color: Red and Orange Red
Kapok leaf color: Green

Care of Sugar Pear and Kapok

Care of Sugar Pear and Kapok include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Sugar Pear pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Kapok pruning is done Prune when young and Remove dead branches. In summer Sugar Pear needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Kapok needs Moderate and in winter, it needs Average Water.