Kapok

Seasonally, some Solomon Island women bring brightly coloured pillows

to sell at the market. They stuff them with kapok that they have harvested.

 The locals buy them as pillows to sleep on. We bought a couple

to use the filling for some cushions.

The kapok trees grow huge.  Here's a picture of the pod that is filled

with seeds and kapok:

This is the kapok filling I put in my cushions:

Here's the finished product:

Thanks kapok tree... Very comfy cushions!