Cochlospermum regium

Cochlospermum regium
	Cochlospermum regium flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Bixaceae
Genus:	Cochlospermum
Species:	C. regium
Binomial name
	Cochlospermum regium; (Mart. ex Schrank) Pilg.
Synonyms
	Maximilianea regia Schrank; Wittelsbachia insignis Mart. & Zucc.; Cochlospermum insigne A.St.-Hil.; Azeredia pernambucana Arruda ex Allemão; Maximilianea longirostrata Barb.Rodr.; Amoreuxia unipora Tiegh.; Cochlospermum trilobum Standl.;

Cochlospermum regium, also known as Yellow Cotton Tree (Template:Lang-pt; Template:Lang-th, RTGS: suphannika), is a flowering plant that has its origins in the Cerrado tropical savanna of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay),^[1] but now it is also common in Southeast Asia.

Cochlospermum regium is a small tree. Its yellow and bright flowers have antioxidant properties.^[2] In Thailand it is the provincial flower of Nakhon Nayok, Sara Buri, Buri Ram, Suphan Buri and Uthai Thani Provinces.^[3]

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