Pseudobombax ellipticum, with common names including Coquito, is a species of plant in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shaving Brush Tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pseudobombax grandiflorum
- Pseudobombax longiflorum
- Pseudobombax marginatum
- Pseudobombax palmeri
- Bombax insigne
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pseudobombax
- Species
- Pseudobombax ellipticum
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