✿Bombacaceae · Pseudobombax
Shaving Brush Tree
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-June
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.
Botanical family
Bombacaceae
Bombax Or Kapok Family
Shaving Brush Tree belongs to the Bombacaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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