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Shaving Brush Tree

Pseudobombax ellipticum

Photo by ArturoOrtiz
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Description:

Tree with big pink flowers and no leaves at this time of the year. Seen like this just 2 weeks before the spring @ archeological site "El Tajin", Veracruz.
In México is called "Coquito".

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Pseudobombax ellipticum, NaturaLista · Coquito (Pseudobombax ellipticum)

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