Shaving Brush Tree
Pseudobombax ellipticum
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-June
How to identify Shaving Brush Tree
Identify Shaving Brush Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Shaving-brush-shaped flowers with very long stamens.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Bombacaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shaving Brush Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pseudobombax ellipticum
- Genus
- Pseudobombax
- Family
- Bombacaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Mexico
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-June
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“The flowers are cotton candy pink.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shaving Brush Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Bombacaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- বুরুশ ছদ্মশিমুল
About Shaving Brush Tree
Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) is a tree in the Bombacaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from January to June.
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
Shaving Brush Tree belongs to the Bombacaceae family.
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