The swollen trunks of many of this species gives Toborochi the alternative name of Palo Boracho, as it reminds people of a drunk. Photo from a plaza in San Javier, Bolivia.
From the tree known as Toborochi or as Palo Borracho, native from northeast Argentina and adjacent Bolivia to southeastern Brazil. Planted widely. Photo from Salta area, Argentina.
Previously of the Bombacaceae Family and Chorisia Genus. Widely planted from the southern tropics of South America. Known as Toborochi or as the Silk Floss Tree. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/flora/malves/index.html
