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The Silk Floss Tree is a tall and beautiful tree with big, pink flowers. Its trunk is thick and covered in spiky bumps, making it look very unique and special!
Key details
- Height
- 1000-3000 cm
- Spread
- 800-1500 cm
- Flower Size
- 10-15 cm
- Bloom Season
- Fall-winter
- Edible
- No
- Toxicity
- None
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Pollination Method
- Bat
Traits
FloweringSpring BloomingBroadleaf TreeDrought TolerantFiberColorfulPollinator MagnetSpiky/Thorny
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The Silk floss tree has a strikingly bottle-shaped green trunk covered in large, conical thorns, making it unique. Its vibrant pink to reddish-purple flowers bloom in fall, contrasting beautifully with its grey-green bark and mature smooth patches.
Its gigantic flowers burst open at night, attracting thirsty bats and moths!
People sometimes call it the 'Drunken Tree' because of its bulging, lopsided trunk!
The fluffy 'silk' inside its seed pods was once used to make buoyant life jackets!
