Eriodendron anfractuosum.

Botanical name: 

Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. Malvaceae. Cabbage-Wood. Ceiba.

Asia and tropical Africa. The fruit is eaten in India sometimes cooked and sometimes raw. At Celebes, the seeds are eaten.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.