Accession Data

Pseudobombax ellipticum

Common Name: Shaving Brush Tree

Family: Malvaceae

Synonym(s): Bombax ellipticum Kunth

Country of Origin: eastern Mexico to Guatemala

Description: Deciduous pachycaul tree to 3.5m. Caudex with green stripes.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession #: 198900027

Accession Date: 1989-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2213

Quantity: 1

Source: Christa's Cactus

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid II

Order: Malvales

Family: Malvaceae

SubFamily: Bombacoideae

Tribe: Adansonieae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.
  2. Pseudobombax ellipticum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.

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Pseudobombax ellipticum