Common name: Shaving Brush Tree
Family: Malvaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Bombax ellipticum</i> Kunth
Country of Origin: eastern Mexico to Guatemala
Description: Deciduous pachycaul tree to 3.5m. Caudex with green stripes.
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USDA Zone: 9-10
Source: Christa's Cactus
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.
- Pseudobombax ellipticum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.
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