Chorisia insignis

🌸 Chorisia insignis – False Kapok or Bottle Tree
📏 Height: 10–15 m | 🪵 Green, bottle-shaped trunk with conical spines
🌿 Palmately compound, deciduous leaves
🌍 Origin
🇦🇷 South America (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay)
📍 Ideal for
🏞️ Parks, scenic gardens, wide avenues
🌼 Flowering
📅 Late summer – autumn
🌸 Large pink flowers with cream centers, hibiscus-like in appearance
💧 Tolerance
🌞 Full sun | 🌵 High drought tolerance | ❄️ Withstands light frosts (down to –3 °C)
🪴 Requires well-drained soil
🧰 Care
✂️ Light pruning | 🌱 Fast-growing
⚠️ Caution: spiny trunk