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Kapok and Painted Fingernails


What is

Life Span
Perennial  
Perennial  

Type
Tender Perennial  
Tree  

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

Types
-  
Ceiba casearia, Bombax pentandrum  

Number of Varieties
2  
10  
99+

Habitat
Rainforest  
Tropical regions  

USDA Hardiness Zone
10-15  
9-15  

AHS Heat Zone
-  
12-7  

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

Habit
Rosette/Stemless  
Oval or Rounded  

Information

Plant Size
  
  

Minimum Height
15.20 cm  
99+
1,830.00 cm  
22

Minimum Width
40.60 cm  
99+
1,830.00 cm  
7

Plant Color
  
  

Flower Color
Lavender, Blue Violet  
Red, Orange Red  

Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor  
Bicolor  

Fruit Color
-  
Brown  

Leaf Color in Spring
Red, Olive, Yellow green  
Green  

Leaf Color in Summer
Red, Olive, Yellow green  
Green  

Leaf Color in Fall
Red, Olive, Yellow green  
Green  

Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green  
-  

Shape
  
  

Leaf Shape
Linear  
Palmate  

Thorns
Yes  
Yes  

Season

Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter  
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter  

Growing Conditions
  
  

Sunlight
Partial Sun, Partial shade  
Full Sun  

Growth Rate
Medium  
Medium  

Type of Soil
Sand  
Loam, Sand  

The pH of Soil
-  
Acidic, Neutral  

Soil Drainage
Well drained  
Well drained  

Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer  
Early Spring, Late Winter  

Repeat Bloomer
No  
No  

Tolerances
Drought  
Drought  

Care

Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot  
Ground  

How to Plant?
Corms or bulbs, From bulbs, Tubers  
Seedlings  

Plant Maintenance
Medium  
Medium  

Watering Plants
  
  

Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water  
Average Water Needs  

In Summer
Lots of watering  
Moderate  

In Spring
Moderate  
Moderate  

In Winter
Average Water  
Average Water  

Soil
  
  

Soil pH
-  
Acidic, Neutral  

Soil Type
Sand  
Loam, Sand  

Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained  
Well drained  

Sun Exposure
Partial Sun, Partial shade  
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
Scale insects  
Bacterial leaf spot, Red blotch, Root rot  

Plant Tolerance
Drought  
Drought, Soil Compaction  

Facts

Flowers
Insignificant  
Showy  

Flower Petal Number
Single  
Single  

Fruits
  
  

Showy Fruit
No  
Yes  

Edible Fruit
No  
No  

Fragrance
  
  

Fragrant Flower
No  
No  

Fragrant Fruit
No  
No  

Fragrant Leaf
No  
No  

Fragrant Bark/Stem
No  
No  

Showy Foliage
Yes  
No  

Showy Bark
No  
Yes  

Foliage Texture
Bold  
Coarse  

Foliage Sheen
Glossy  
Glossy  

Evergreen
No  
No  

Invasive
No  
No  

Self-Sowing
No  
No  

Attracts
Butterflies  
Bees, Birds, Hummingbirds  

Allergy
-  
Headache, Pulmonary oedema, Respiratory distress, wheezing  

Benefits

Uses
  
  

Aesthetic Uses
Beautification  
-  

Beauty Benefits
-  
Improve skin tone, Making cosmetics, Moisturizing, Skin irritation  

Edible Uses
No  
Yes  

Environmental Uses
Air purification  
No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion, soil stabilisation  

Plant Benefits
  
  

Medicinal Uses
-  
Aphrodisiac, Diuretic  

Part of Plant Used
Flowers  
Leaves, Seeds  

Other Uses
-  
Oil is used as an industrial solvent, Used as Ornamental plant  

Used As Indoor Plant
Yes  
No  

Used As Outdoor Plant
Yes  
Yes  

Garden Design
Container, Groundcover, Hanging Basket, Mixed Border, Tropical  
Feature Plant, Shade Trees, Tropical  

Scientific Name

Botanical Name
Neoregelia spectabilis  
Ceiba pentandra  

Common Name
Bloody Bromeliad, Painted Fingernails  
Cotton Tree, Red Kapok, Red-silk-cotton Tree  

In Hindi
painted fingernail  
सफ़ेद सेमल / शाल्मली  

In German
painted fingernail  
Kapok baum  

In French
Neoregelia spectabilis  
Fromager  

In Spanish
painted fingernail  
Ceiba  

In Greek
painted fingernail  
Ceiba  

In Portuguese
Painted fingernails  
Mafumeira  

In Polish
painted fingernail  
Puchowiec pięciopręcikowy  

In Latin
Neoregelia spectabilis  
Ceiba  

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae  
Plantae  

Phylum
Embryophyta  
Magnoliophyta  

Class
Lilopsida  
Magnoliopsida  

Order
Bromeliales  
Malvales  

Family
Bromeliaceae  
Bombacaceae  

Genus
Neoregelia  
Ceiba  

Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots  
Eudicots, Rosids  

Tribe
-  
-  

Subfamily
Bromelioideae  
-  

Number of Species
-  
10  
99+

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Difference Between Painted Fingernails and Kapok

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Importance of Painted Fingernails and Kapok

Want to have the most appropriate plant for your garden? You might want to know the importance of Painted Fingernails and Kapok. Basically, these two plants vary in many aspects. Compare Painted Fingernails and Kapok as they differ in many characteristics such as their life, care, benefits, facts, etc. Every gardener must at least have the slightest clue about the plants he wants to plant in his garden. Compare their benefits, which differ in many ways like facts and uses. The medicinal use of Painted Fingernails is whereas of Kapok is Aphrodisiac and Diuretic. Painted Fingernails has beauty benefits as follows: while Kapok has beauty benefits as follows: .

Compare Facts of Painted Fingernails vs Kapok

How to choose the best garden plant for your garden depending upon its facts? Here garden plant comparison will help you to solve this query. Compare the facts of Painted Fingernails vs Kapok and know which one to choose. As garden plants have benefits and other uses, allergy is also a major drawback of plants for some people. Allergic reactions of Painted Fingernails are whereas of Kapok have Headache, Pulmonary oedema, Respiratory distress and wheezing respectively. Having a fruit bearing plant in your garden can be a plus point of your garden. Painted Fingernails has no showy fruits and Kapok has showy fruits. Also Painted Fingernails is not flowering and Kapok is not flowering . You can compare Painted Fingernails and Kapok facts and facts of other plants too.

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