That's it! It is a pachira aquatica. Thanks! It was growing in wet land on the shore of Lake Nicaragua.
I think paintbrush trees (pseudobombax) don't have leaves when they flower, and this one was quite leafy.
I would like help in identifying a flowering tree I recently saw in Central America. I'm attaching a photo of a flower. It's the size of a...
That's it! Thanks!!
I saw this large tree profusely blooming in March in and around Guadalajara. When I asked a local, he claimed it was a "clavo" (i.e. clove tree)...
