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The article focuses on the ethnobotanical significance of bombax ceiba. It says that the paste of the bark of bombax ceiba is used to heal wounds by the Garo ethnic community. It mentions the collection by elderly women at the Kerala Agricultural University in Kerala, India of dried and fallen ovaries of bombax ceiba. It adds that the collected ovaries are delivered to herbal markets near Thrissur Town and are used in the biryani preparations.