There are 5 to 9 small leaves of Javanese kapok, oblong lanceolate, short and acuminate leaves, gradually becoming sharp at the base, 5 to 16 cm long and 1.5 to 4.5 cm wide. The whole or near top of the leaves has sparse fine serrations, both sides of the leaves are hairless, the back is covered with white frost, and the petiole is 7 to 14 cm long.
The leaves are palmately compound, 3 to 7 leaflets, most of which are 5. They are oval or oval. The leaflets in the middle are large and grow about 7 to 14 cm. The upper half is serrated. The apex of the leaves is pointed or acuminate, and the base is cuneiform.
Javanese kapok flowers are mostly clustered in the upper leaf axils. The pedicel is 2.5 to 5 cm long, sometimes solitary, and the petals are oblong, 2.5 to 4 cm long.
The flower of beautiful different kapok is bigger, have 1 to 3 axillary or a few gather at the end of branch, have fragrance slightly, calyx is cup-shaped, green, petal has 5, show pink or red, base yellow or white with purple spot, also have all white and inside with yellow, edge wavy and slightly reversed.
