What kind of tree is this?

I believe this is a Floss Silk Tree.
You can find out more here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floss_silk_tree

-- Frank Auge---Nichols NY----"My opinion is neither copyrighted nor trademarked, but it is price competitive."

I remember these from when I lived in So. California. There used to be a couple at the freeway off ramp
I used to go home.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Youch!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

We call em kapok.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Also don’t hug em.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Crazy! I wonder what that would do to a mini-mill…

-- Living on the square...

It certainly aint from down under. Definitely not for hugging.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Treehuggers Beware!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

They are everywhere around here. They send out a cotton like material.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Man! Where the hell are the tree huggers????? I would be glad to help ‘em hug this tree!!!!!

-- To those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never know. Unknown, on an empty C-ration box. Khe Sahn 1968

The fluff was used to fill life preserver vests in WWII. No sliding down the trunk on that one.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Was wondering what kind of grain that has.

-- Still learning everything

Oh yeah, remember Mae West’s? They would hold you up until they got wet. LOL

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

well now, that puts an ole locust tree to shame doesn’t it?!

-- Oscar in Missouri

Out of curosity what type of wood does a palm tree produce if any at all?

-- Jerry, Measure 10 times cut once. Set in the foothills of the Smokey's

Sac-
Palm makes pretty cool turning stock. The end grain with the fibro-vascular bundles is astounding.
I used some black palm to make the knob on this box, and have made some end grain pens from this wood as well.
Turned on end grain it is very brittle. Have more than enough wood and wear a face shield…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.