Identify Tree Please: thorny trunk, green bark

The tree has:
a trunk covered with thorns
green bark
is perhaps from australia?
the tree is used in landscaping in Los Angeles, so it's hardy zone 8-10 at least
It can grow tall

 

a pic would really help out. what kind of thorns? leaves description? flowers? buds? fruit?

 

This address shows a picture that appears to be the same sort of tree

http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/NTR1592.php

 

I would also check out Aralia spinosa, 'Devil's walking stick'.

 

Look up Ceiba speciosa (syn. Chorisia speciosa)

 

Yes, a green thorny trunk in San Diego would be likely to be a floss silk tree.

 

I was just searching to see what type of tree this was and saw your post. It is a ceiba speciosa (floss silk tree). I see so many of them in Los Angeles every day. They are fascinating.

 

I photographed this tree in the Botanical Garden at Aswan, Egypt - green trunk about 18" - 2' diameter with huge thorns all the way up like a giant rose branch, looks deciduous, leaves roughly similar to a beech tree. Not convinced about any of the answers so far. Can send pics.

 

Yep, please post the pics!

Probably best to start a new thread for it too, as it is not necessarily the same as the plant this old thread was originally about

 

I am trying to identify this thorny barked tree which I came across in Malaga, Spain. I checked out Ceiba speciosa - Floss Silk Tree but I don't think that's it. See my photo attached below

 

It's a chorisia speciosa. The amount of thorns on the tree varies from tree to tree. I saw 2 next to each other, and one was almost completely covered with thorns, while the other barely has any. I just took a pic of one yesterday CSUF. Some were taken with my phone so the quality isn't too good.

 

Thank you! I'm thinking of putting in on my Flicker account and wanted an accurate id.

 

Now Ceiba speciosa.

 

Thank you