Silk floss trees

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Silk floss trees
Largo Doutor Passos Vella
Cascais, April 2019

“Ceiba speciosa, the silk floss tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally ‘drunken stick’) or árbol del puente, samu'ũ (in Guarani) or paineira (in Brazilian Portuguese). In Bolivia, it is called toborochi, meaning ‘tree of refuge’ or ‘sheltering tree’. It belongs to the same family as the baobab and the kapok. Another tree of the same genus, Ceiba chodatii, is often referred to by the same common names.” (Ceiba speciosa, Wikipedia)