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[sepidar]

[align=center]A few years ago I was traveling in Karachi, Pakistan in mid summer.

I came across a tree that had not a single leaf but was full of red hot big flowers all over it.

the trunk & branches*had almost a*fossil like appearance,(stone surface).

I would very much appreciate if you can help me find the name of that tree.[/align]
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unfortunatly I dont have a picture of it but,* I know*that it*is not native of Pakistan.

[Newt]

Hi Sepidar,

Sounds like a lovely tree.* Got any pictures?

Pink Shaving Brush Tree aka Pseudobombax ellipticum
*aka Pseudobombax grandiflorum comes to mind but it's not native to the araa.
http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/gard...bax_ellipticum

I thought of another tree, but it gets large thorny spines on the trunk and is a rare tree in Pakistan.

Newt