Bottle tree
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Bottle tree rox or bottle-tree may refer to:
- AdansoniaAdansoniaAdansonia is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island....
species, the baobabs;- Adansonia gregorii (the boab)
- Pachypodium lealiiPachypodium lealiiThe Bottle tree is a species of plant included in the genus Pachypodium. The scientific name derives from the 19th century Portuguese geologist Fernando da Costa Leal, who described the Bottle tree during an exploration in southern Angola.This species can be either a shrub or a tree up to 6 meters...
, (Apocynaceae), the bottle tree of Namibia and Angola; - The genus MoringaMoringaMoringa is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Moringaceae. The name is derived from the Tamil word murunggai or the Malayalam word muringa, both of which refer to M. oleifera...
, (Moringaceae), of the Madagascar spiny thickets and elsewhere; - BrachychitonBrachychitonBrachychiton is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia , and New Guinea . Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Tertiary.They grow to 4 – 30m tall, and some are dry-season deciduous...
species, (Malvaceae), of Australia; - CeibaCeibaCeiba is the name of a genus of many species of large trees found in tropical areas, including Mexico, Central America, South America, The Bahamas, Belize and the Caribbean, West Africa, and Southeast Asia...
species, the floss silk tree or palo borracho of South America. - An artificial tree made of glass bottles, usually of colored glass. Associated with Hoodoo and primarily found in the Southern United States.