While going home from a ride, I took photo of this tree, which is called Kapok Tree in Asia, or mostly called here as Bulak/Cotton tree. The tree is almost dried up, I don't know if it's just because it's summer season., But the fruits are ready for harvest. The fibers are used for insulation, padding in sleeping bags and life preservers, and for stuffing mattresses and pillows. And when I was young, I used to help my mother in making pillow with this..
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We call it here Duldol/Doldol not so sure of the spelling. Most of our pillows here were from that tree pa din.
Ganyan din ginagawa ni mama ng unan dati.