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Cotton Tree of Freetown (Kapok)
Episode 26

Cotton Tree of Freetown (Kapok)

Completely Arbortrary · Completely Arbortrary

July 13, 20231h 25mExplicit

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Show Notes

This week we head to Sierra Leone and take a look at their famous kapok, the Cotton Tree of Freetown (Ceiba pentandra). The kapok is a tree that has had uses for humans for thousands of years, but the Cotton Tree of Freetown was far more than just a useful tree representing the spirit of a nation.


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Cover art by Jillian Barthold

Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals

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