| 21. | Tropical forests have species such as kapok, cedar, ebony and more with palms more common on the coastline.
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| 22. | It is called Bilhangga in the languages of the Yindjibarndi and Ngarluma people, the English term is Kapok Bush.
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| 23. | Local armorers sew tightly rolled wads of paper inscribed with Quranic verses into the layers of cotton, and kapok.
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| 24. | While not as plentiful as in other parts of Basse Casamance such as Mlomp, kapok trees are nonetheless present.
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| 25. | However, if you disregard the kapok which fills most of the program, you are left with a competent cookbook.
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| 26. | Plant fibers, like moss, kapok and cotton, are functional but less durable than either foam or animal fiber.
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| 27. | At one time the fibre from the kapok tree, " Ceiba pentandra " was used in making lifebuoys.
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| 28. | The subspecies " abbotti " is found only on the island of Masakambing, one of the kapok trees.
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| 29. | The rigid cork material eventually came to be supplanted by pouches containing watertight cells filled with kapok, a vegetable material.
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| 30. | "The Great Kapok Tree " has since received a Charlotte Award from the New York State Reading Association.
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