Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pseudobombax_ellipticum
Shaving-brush Tree
Pseudobombax ellipticum
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About Shaving-brush Tree
Shaving-brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Native from Mexico through Central America to parts of the Caribbean; a seasonally dry tropical tree grown as an ornamental. On Kauaʻi it is supported here only as a cultivated garden tree, with no claim of naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pseudobombax ellipticum
- Common names
- Shaving-brush Tree
- Other names
- Pseudobombax ellipticum · shaving-brush tree · Bombax ellipticum · pink shaving-brush tree
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Moderate-confidence cultivated observation rather than a specimen voucher. Conflicting museum database locality fields remain unresolved and are not used as occurrence proof. Present condition and persistence have not been independently rechecked.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Shaving-brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Native from Mexico through Central America to parts of the Caribbean; a seasonally dry tropical tree grown as an ornamental. On Kauaʻi it is supported here only as a cultivated garden tree, with no claim of naturalization.