ocr: Learning Extra Layers of Life Kapok Trees (page 1 of2) Describe ways people depend on tropical trees. DESCRIPTION The kapok tree can grow to be about 150 feet high, although most range in height between 70 to 120 feet. The buttress of the tree, which supports it and looks like a tripod, may be 30 feet at its base. The tree has hundreds of football-shaped pods that are about six inches long. Inside the pods are fibrous seeds and a cotton-like material. The fibers look like cotton or milkweed but are finer. The cotton-like fibers are too smooth to be spun. The fibers are very resilient, buoyant, ...
