Cullenia

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Cullenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus: Cullenia
Wight
Species

Cullenia ceylanica
Cullenia excelsa (C. exarillata)
Cullenia rosayroana

Cullenia is a genus of flowering plants native to India and Sri Lanka. Earlier classification schemes place the genus in the Kapok-tree family (Bombacaceae, but the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group places it in the Malva family (Malvaceae).

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