Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand, Caldasia 2: 67, 1943
Common names: Shaving brush tree
deciduous tree without spines; leaves palmately compound with 3-6 elliptic leaflets; flowers appearing before leaves; calyx about 8 mm long with 10 basal glands; petals tinged pink, linear-oblong, up to 15 cm long; stamens numerous, 3/4 as long as petals with red filaments, anthers yellowish; capsule fusiform, up to 15 cm long.
Photographed from Delhi University campus in April (flowers) and June (leaves)
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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