 It cannot be spun, however, so its use is limited to a stuffing for pillows and clothing.Both the flowers and the young fruits are used in food.Various ethnic groups of northern Ghana such as the Mamprusi and Konkomba people dry and grind the flowers' calyces and use them in a soup (comparable to the use of calyces of the Sahelian red-flowered kapok tree, "Bombax costatum").